"postmortem interval" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: postmortem intervals [plural], post-mortem interval [alternative], post mortem interval [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} postmortem interval (plural postmortem intervals)
  1. (medicine, pathology, forensic biology, forensic science) The amount of time that has elapsed since the death of a person. Synonyms: PMI
    Sense id: en-postmortem_interval-en-noun-fd23AG5R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Medicine, Pathology Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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