postmortem examination : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: postmortem examination	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for postmortem examination
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
postmortem examination n an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease Synonym(s): autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM, postmortem examination, post-mortem examination
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Post-mortem \[d8]Post-mor"tem\, a. [L., after death.] After death; as, post-mortem rigidity. {Post-mortem examination} (Med.), an examination of the body made after the death of the patient; an autopsy.