- Postmortem - The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as,
dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of
Francis I. - Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose
of critical examination. - Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the
whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure;
an anatomical so prepared.
- Cadaver examination - Post-mortem - Post-mortem examination - Postmortem examination - Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own
eyes; ocular view. - Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining
the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination.