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postmortem

[ pohst-mawr-tuhm ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or occurring in the time following death.
  2. of or relating to examination of the body after death.
  3. occurring after the end of something; after the event:

    a postmortem criticism of a television show.



adverb

  1. after death:

    Pacemakers have to be removed postmortem from bodies that are going to be cremated.

noun

  1. Medicine/Medical. a postmortem examination; autopsy.
  2. an evaluation or discussion occurring after the end or fact of something:

    to do a postmortem on the decision of a court.

  3. Cards. a discussion of the bidding or playing of a previous hand.

postmortem

/ əʊˈɔːə /

adjective

  1. prenominal occurring after death
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. analysis or study of a recently completed event

    a postmortem on a game of chess

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

postmortem

  1. Autopsy; figuratively, any analysis that follows an event: “When the convention is over, we'll have a postmortem to find ways of improving it for next year.” From Latin , meaning “after death.”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of postmortem1

First recorded in 1725–35, postmortem is from Latin post mortem “after death”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of postmortem1

C18: from Latin, literally: after death
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A postmortem of Mr Rickards' body showed he had been strangled weeks before his death and was also recovering from recent rib fractures, according to the CPS.

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The department said that specialist postmortem examinations are not always required, but where they are, this is mostly carried out in Dublin with some regional services in Cork and Galway.

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For all the electoral postmortems about the desire for economic change, what’s unsurprisingly absent is what seems, to me, an obvious omission: an all-enveloping misunderstanding of American capitalism.

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As the postmortem into the crisis continues, there are debates about the potential impact on Sweden's green ambitions.

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The autopsy was inconclusive, but she showed signs of dehydration, “poor diet” and possible neglect, according to the county coroner’s postmortem examination.

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