an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
Adjective
occurring or done after death;
"postmortem changes" "a postmortem examination to determine cause of death" "postmortal wounds"
after death or after an event;
"a postmortem examination to determine the cause of death" "the postmortem discussion of the President's TV address"
例句
用作名词(n.)
One-third of patients had a postmortem diagnosis of TB.有三分之一病人，肺结核是在死亡后才诊断。
The doctors have taken postmortem examination in Sweden over a five year period.医生在瑞典进行了为期5年的死亡检验。
A postmortem on last week's disaster was undertaken by the police.上周灾祸的事后调查分析由警察接手。
用作形容词(adj.)
Next, the researchers examined postmortem brains of Parkinson's patients to determine which type of microRNA was noticeably deficient in the midbrain regions.下一步
