Noun: postmortem examination
- An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
"The postmortem examination revealed that the animal died from a rare infection";
- autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM, post-mortem examination
Derived forms: post-mortem examinations, postmortem examinations
Type of: examination, scrutiny
Encyclopedia: Postmortem examination