post-mortem examination

2 definitions found

post-mortem examination - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Post-mortem \Post-mor"tem\, a. [L., after death.]
     After death; as, post-mortem rigidity.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Post-mortem examination (Med.), an examination of the body
        made after the death of the patient; an autopsy.
        [1913 Webster]

post-mortem examination - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  post-mortem examination
      n 1: an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine
           cause of death or the changes produced by disease [syn:
           autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM,
           postmortem examination, post-mortem examination]