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- Dictionarypost-mortem/ˌpəʊs(t)ˈmɔːtəm/
noun
- 1. an examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death: "the hospital will want to carry out a post-mortem" Similar
adjective
- 1. relating to a post-mortem: "a post-mortem report"
- 2. occurring or performed after death: "post-mortem changes in his body"
adverb
- 1. after death: "assessment of morphology in nerves taken post-mortem"
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POST-MORTEM definition: 1. a medical examination of a dead person's body in order to find out the cause of death: 2. a…. Learn more.
noun. 1. : autopsy sense 1. 2. : an analysis or discussion of an event after it is over. Synonyms. Adjective. posthumous. Noun. autopsy. necropsy. postmortem examination. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of postmortem in a Sentence.
a medical examination of a dead person's body in order to find out the cause of death: conduct a post-mortem The coroner admitted making a number of errors when he conducted the post-mortem on the woman. Synonym. autopsy. informal. a discussion of an event after it has happened, especially of what was wrong with it or why it failed:
adjective. of, relating to, or occurring in the time following death. of or relating to examination of the body after death. occurring after the end of something; after the event: a postmortem criticism of a television show.
post-mortem (on something) a discussion or an examination of an event after it has happened, especially in order to find out why it failed. to hold a post-mortem on the party’s election defeat. Word Origin. See post-mortem in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English. Check pronunciation: post-mortem.
A postmortem is a medical examination of a dead body. It's a kind of autopsy done to learn exactly how the person died. In Latin, mortem is a form of the word for "death," and post means "after." A postmortem, logically enough, is something that happens after death, usually an examination.
1. countable noun. A post-mortem is a medical examination of a dead person's body in order to find out how they died. 2. countable noun. A post-mortem is an examination of something that has recently happened, especially something that has failed or gone wrong.
1. Occurring or done after death. 2. Of or relating to a medical examination of a dead body. n. 1. See autopsy. 2. Informal An analysis or review of a finished event. [Latin post mortem : post, afterward; see post- + mortem, accusative of mors, death; see mer- in Indo-European roots .] post mor′tem adv.
A post-mortem is a medical examination of a dead person's body in order to find out how they died.
noun. an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease. synonyms: PM, autopsy, necropsy, post-mortem examination, postmortem, postmortem examination. see more.
