postmortem examination

noun

Examples of postmortem examination in a Sentence

a coroner performed the postmortem examination with painstaking thoroughness
Recent Examples on the Web Smith was pronounced dead and taken to the Marin County coroner’s office for a postmortem examination, officials said. Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2024 This position is unlike families of other late football stars — including Frank Gifford, Mike Webster and Ken Stabler — who consented to postmortem examinations of their brains to confirm CTE. Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024 That contact, however, did not give Gates or his business permission to release the postmortem examination, its results, nor photographs or video taken from it to the public. Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024 The postmortem examinations were a crucial step in the investigation of the incident. Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 17 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for postmortem examination 

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First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of postmortem examination was in 1832

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“Postmortem examination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postmortem%20examination. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.

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