autopsy
necropsy
postmortem
post-mortem
PM
postmortem examination
post-mortem examination | an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease |
checkup
medical checkup
medical examination
medical exam
medical
health check | a thorough physical examination, includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person |
comparison
comparing | the act of examining resemblances, they made a comparison of noise levels, the fractions selected for comparison must require pupils to consider both numerator and denominator |
examination
scrutiny | the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) |
| examination testing | the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned |
| bank examination | an examination of the affairs and records of a bank by a state or federal bank examiner |
comparison
compare
equivalence comparability | qualities that are comparable, no comparison between the two books, beyond compare |
introspection
selfontemplation
self-examination | the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct |
examen
examination | a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits) |
| previous question | a motion calling for an immediate vote on the main question under discussion by a deliberative assembly |
interrogation
examination interrogatory | formal systematic questioning |
| cross-examination | (law) close questioning of a hostile witness in a court of law to discredit or throw a new light on the testimony already provided in direct examination |
| direct examination | (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness |
redirect examination
reexamination | (law) questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness after that witness has been subject to cross-examination |
examination
exam
test | a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge, when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions |
bar examination
bar exam | an examination conducted at regular intervals to determine whether a candidate is qualified to practice law in a given jurisdiction, applicants may qualify to take the New York bar examination by graduating from an approved law school, he passed the bar exam on his third try |
comprehensive examination
comprehensive
comp | an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge, she took her comps in English literature |
entrance examination
entrance exam | examination to determine a candidate's preparation for a course of studies |
final examination
final exam
final | an examination administered at the end of an academic term |
midterm examination
midterm exam
midterm | an examination administered in the middle of an academic term |
oral
oral exam
oral examination
viva voce
viva | an examination conducted by spoken communication |
preliminary examination
preliminary exam
prelim | an examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue |
test paper
examination paper
exam paper
question sheet | a written examination |
| comparison | relation based on similarities and differences |
| imaginative comparison | the kind of mental comparison that is expressed in similes or metaphors or allegories |
| comparison-shop | compare prices for a given item |
previous(a)
old | just preceding something else in time or order, the previous owner, my old house was larger |
previous(p)
premature | too soon or too hasty, our condemnation of him was a bit previous, a premature judgment |
| former(a) late(a) previous(a) | (used especially of persons) of the immediate past, the former president, our late President is still very active, the previous occupant of the White House |