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
The cells were obtained from adult postmortem eye tissue.
From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025
You’re doing a postmortem of the relationship, as any smart, thoughtful person would.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 8, 2025
The most recent pictures were all of her before, when she was healthy, uploaded postmortem by friends: a beautiful girl, wide-hipped and curvy, with long, straight deadblack hair falling over her face.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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