postmortem

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In a statement to the inquest, Dr Marjorie Turner said she conducted the postmortem, and she found that the schoolboy's death was consistent with drowning.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Bowman has called an internal postmortem that Barr conducted inadequate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Researchers analyzed postmortem cerebellar tissue from individuals with secondary progressive MS and compared it with tissue from healthy donors.

From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026

You’re doing a postmortem of the relationship, as any smart, thoughtful person would.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 8, 2025

Less than two hours after Guiteau died, an autopsy was performed on his body at the jail by Dr. Daniel Lamb, who had also done the postmortem on James Garfield.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow