Home›Browse›P›postmortem examinationpostmortem examinationOur editors are putting together more complete content — check back in about 20 minutespostmortem examinationpostmortem examination — nounnoun1. an examination of a dead body to determine cause of death1.nounDefinitionan examination of a dead body to determine cause of deathExampleThe doctor performed a postmortem examination to find out why the patient died.