postmortem examination

noun

Examples of postmortem examination in a Sentence

a coroner performed the postmortem examination with painstaking thoroughness
Recent Examples on the Web The postmortem examinations were a crucial step in the investigation of the incident. 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 Slight acceleration or shaking of the brain that doesn’t register as a concussion may, if repeated frequently enough, trigger a cascading, dementia-like disease process that continues years after the trauma stops and is discovered only through postmortem examination. New York Times, 1 Mar. 2022 The Sheriff’s Office said the cause of death is to be determined, with a forensic postmortem examination scheduled for Tuesday. Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2023 This type of postmortem examination is known as an autopsy. Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 3 Oct. 2022 The Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office took custody of the fetus pending a postmortem examination as an investigation continues, Phoenix police said. Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 15 Nov. 2022

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1832, in the meaning defined above

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“Postmortem examination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postmortem%20examination. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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