Leichenbeschau
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ̯çn̩bəˌʃaʊ̯/
- Hyphenation: Lei‧chen‧be‧schau
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Noun
Leichenbeschau f (genitive Leichenbeschau, plural Leichenbeschauen)
- (Austria, legal medicine, law) coroner's inquest, post mortem (whether it involve dissection or not, but especially when not)
- Synonyms: Leichenschau, Legalinspektion
Declension
Declension of Leichenbeschau [feminine]
Hyponyms
- Obduktion, Autopsie, Sektion, Leichenöffnung (all “post mortem with dissection”)
Related terms
- Leichenbeschauer
Further reading
- “Leichenbeschau” in Duden online
- “Leichenbeschau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache