carry out a post-mortem

Frequency: 6.53.1 per million words

To perform a medical examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death.

post-mortemVERB + POST-MORTEM

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carry out

Examples (10)

  • The medical examiner will carry out a post-mortem on the deceased this afternoon.
  • Police requested that a post-mortem be carried out to determine the cause of death.
  • They have already carried out several post-mortems related to the recent epidemic.
  • The pathologist is meticulously carrying out the post-mortem examination.
  • It was deemed necessary to carry out a post-mortem due to the suspicious circumstances.
  • Before releasing the body, the coroner must carry out a post-mortem.
  • The family insisted on having a second post-mortem carried out by an independent expert.
  • In cases of unexplained death, a post-mortem is always carried out.
  • The forensic team prepared to carry out a detailed post-mortem on the ancient remains.
  • Had they carried out a post-mortem earlier, the truth might have been discovered sooner.