The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Post-mortem \Post-mor"tem\, a. [L., after death.]
   After death; as, post-mortem rigidity.
   [1913 Webster]

   Post-mortem examination (Med.), an examination of the body
      made after the death of the patient; an autopsy.
      [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

postmortem examination
    n 1: an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine
         cause of death or the changes produced by disease [syn:
         autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM,
         postmortem examination, post-mortem examination]