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postmortem
[pohst-mawr-tuhm]
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.
adverb
after death.
Pacemakers have to be removed postmortem from bodies that are going to be cremated.
noun
Medicine/Medical.a postmortem examination; autopsy.
an evaluation or discussion occurring after the end or fact of something.
to do a postmortem on the decision of a court.
Cards.a discussion of the bidding or playing of a previous hand.
postmortem
/ əʊˈɔːə /
adjective
(prenominal) occurring after death
noun
analysis or study of a recently completed event
a postmortem on a game of chess
postmortem
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.”
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of postmortem1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of postmortem1
Example Sentences
Any postmortem needs to examine not just the message, but also the medium.
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.
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.
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.
As the postmortem into the crisis continues, there are debates about the potential impact on Sweden's green ambitions.
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