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post mortem

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Meaning

  1. adjective After death.
    The hospice's standard procedure for post mortem room cleaning looks very thorough.
  2. adjective Having been inflicted or having occurred after death.
    We shouldn't let these post mortem injuries distract us while looking for the cause of death.
  3. adverb Occurring after death.
    The injuries were found to have been caused post mortem.
  4. noun An investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death.
  5. noun Any investigation after the conclusion of an activity, particularly when said activity produces an unwanted outcome.
  6. noun At Cambridge, a second examination for those who were "plucked" or failed in the first.

Similar words

postmortem forensic necropsy autopsy dissection bilan mortem post-mortem antemortem posthumous

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