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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
/ pəʊstˈmɔːtəm /
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.”
Word History and Origins
Origin of postmortem1
Word History and Origins
Origin of postmortem1
Example Sentences
Cruchaga explained that similar investigations have relied on brain tissues collected postmortem, and therefore only provide information about the later stages of Alzheimer's.
The disparity between the 2016 polls and the election outcome was a “jarring event” for pollsters, as the American Assn. for Public Opinion Research put it in a postmortem.
In every losing campaign's postmortem, the analysts insist that the candidate should have gone where he or she did not.
In Nature Neuroscience last week, the researchers reported studying samples of 151 postmortem brains, a subset of more than 700 donated by families of Black people for the project.
Limitations of the study include the inherent biases in postmortem brain research, including population selection, clinical assessment, comorbidities, and end-of-life state.
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