post-mortem

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Variant of postmortem

postmortem definition

post·mor·tem (pōst′môr′təm)

adjective

  1. happening, done, or made after death
  2. having to do with a post-mortem examination

Etymology: L, lit., after death

noun

  1. postmortem examination
  2. a detailed examination or evaluation of some event just ended
Also written post-mortem

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post-mortem Synonyms

post-mortem

modif.

after death, posthumous, subsequent, post-obit, future, more recent, later, following, post-mortal, postmundane.


post mortem

n.

dissection, examination after death, coroner's examination; see autopsy, examination 3.


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