The Collaborative International Dictionary
Post-mortem \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.
Usage examples of "post-mortem examination".
Stock, of Marlstone, was at once sent for, and will conduct the post-mortem examination.
At Claudine's urging they talked through all the decisions that had been made at the NCIS building, to ensure nothing had been overlooked, which prompted Rosetti to admit he'd forgotten to find out about any initial post-mortem examination.
You understand that what we call a post-mortem examination has had to be made?
He has said that post-mortem examination strongly suggests that the shot that killed your father was fired at close range.
She reiterated her conviction that her uncle would have strongly disliked it, and was only partly soothed by an assurance from Miss Patterdale that neither the post-mortem examination nor the inquest would preclude her from burying her uncle with all the ceremonial she seemed to consider was his due.
He swung round for another post-mortem examination of the fire, but stopped as he remembered the reason for their visit.
A lawyer is no better than an old woman at a post-mortem examination.