What is the medical term meaning postmortem examination?

A medical examination on a dead body is called an autopsy. An autopsy is normally carried out within 48 hours of death. It is done most often by law by a state coroner when the cause of death is unknown or when death was unattended by a medial professional such as when death occurs during homocide or suicide. An autopy can be requested by a family member as well.

An autopsy is performed by a specialized, trained Doctor Who performs a detailed examination of a body using observation, description, and special surgical procedures. There are also limited and selective autopsies depending on what is required or requested.

These medical examiners are called and known as pathologists. They examine the body to find answers to questions regarding how the person died and whether the cause of death was from natural causes (through old age or sickness), or from an accident, or from intentional self harm, or from unintentional injury by another (example: vehicular manslaughter), or fatal injury deliberately committed by a criminal.

All findings from an autopsy are collected and recorded. Lab tests and pathology are done on body fluids, tissues, and often many tissues or body parts are kept by the pathologist; i.e. in some investigations, the deceased person's body is buried without some organs, if these are needed for further testings. In police investigations, reports are often restricted to police and prosecutor until after the case is resolved.

A medical examination after death is also called a post-mortem (short for post-mortem examination, from Latin, post after; mortemdeath).
autopsy.