postmortem exam
Death cause determination
A postmortem exam is a medical examination of a corpse to determine the cause of death.
The procedure involves external inspection and typically internal dissection of organs.
Also called an autopsy or, in legal contexts, a necropsy.
The postmortem exam revealed traces of poison in her system.
- autopsyMedical examination after death
- morgueCorpse holding facility
- coronerPublic death investigator
- cadaverBody for dissection
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
forensic · cause of death · manner of death · death · body · body bag · pathologist · toxicology · scalpel · internal organs · slab · cause · tissue · organs · cold · sterile · evidence · crime scene
- postmortemspostmortem, autopsy, necropsy, forensic pathology, death investigation
- pathologycancer, disease, infection, tumor, lesion
- toxicologytoxicology, poison, toxin, venom, toxicity
postmortem examphysical examination
Medical evaluation of body
clinical examination · wellness exam · health screening · prenatal exam · annual physical
postmortem exampreventive care
Health maintenance before disease
wellness check · resuscitation · prenatal care · well-baby visit · sports physical
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