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Postmortem   /poʊstmˈɔrtɛm/   Listen
Postmortem

noun
1.
Discussion of an event after it has occurred.  Synonym: post-mortem.
2.
An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease.  Synonyms: autopsy, necropsy, PM, post-mortem, post-mortem examination, postmortem examination.






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"Postmortem" Quotes from Famous Books



... abscess; the diffuse peritonitis of this stage might then be designated a nonbacterial 'chemical' inflammation, according to the terminology now in vogue; finally, it was positively a bacterial infection, although the postmortem finding of bacteria in the distant folds of the peritoneum is not proof of this; we know that during the terminal agony or after death these may wander a long distance from the ...
— Appendicitis: The Etiology, Hygenic and Dietetic Treatment • John H. Tilden, M.D.



Words linked to "Postmortem" :   examination, discussion, word, antemortem, succeeding, give-and-take, scrutiny



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