postmortem examinations

plural of postmortem examination
as in autopsies
examination of a dead body especially to find out the cause of death a coroner performed the postmortem examination with painstaking thoroughness

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“Postmortem examinations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postmortem%20examinations. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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