postmortem

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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

His postmortem portraits, nearly 30 of which are reproduced in “The Harlem Book of the Dead,” are artistic assemblages that honor the dead and the community’s funerary traditions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

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

From MarketWatch • Oct. 8, 2025

The coroner's office in Surrey told the BBC that after a postmortem, it had determined that Kapur died of natural causes.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2025

It sounds macabre, but when Mother realized that after she’s dead, she won’t be able to tell me what to wear anymore, she came up with this ingenious postmortem system.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett