as in autopsy
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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The postmortem examinations were a crucial step in the investigation of the incident.
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Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 17 Jan. 2024
During a 1903 speech to the medical society, Lamb said doctors could previously conduct postmortem examinations without consent.
—Claire Healy, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
In 1909, Daniel S. Lamb, a pathologist at the Army Medical Museum who would send more than 20 brains to Hrdlicka over nine years, performed a postmortem examination on a deaf and mute man and offered the brain to Hrdlicka.
—Claire Healy, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
The victims’ bodies were recovered and flown to a hospital for postmortem examinations.
—Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 11 July 2023
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Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 17 Jan. 2024
During a 1903 speech to the medical society, Lamb said doctors could previously conduct postmortem examinations without consent.
—Claire Healy, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
In 1909, Daniel S. Lamb, a pathologist at the Army Medical Museum who would send more than 20 brains to Hrdlicka over nine years, performed a postmortem examination on a deaf and mute man and offered the brain to Hrdlicka.
—Claire Healy, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
The victims’ bodies were recovered and flown to a hospital for postmortem examinations.
—Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 11 July 2023
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