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   Post-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 autopsypost-mortem examinationPMdissectionnecropsy
   • ▪ an analysis or discussion of an event held soon after it has occurred, especially in order to determine why it was a failure: "an election post-mortem on why the party lost" Similar analysisevaluationassessmentappraisalexaminationreviewinvestigationbreakdowncritiquestudyrare:anatomization

   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"

   Word Origin mid 18th century: from Latin, literally ‘after death’.

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