Definitions
Etymologies
- From Latin ante mortem, "before death." (Wiktionary)
- Latin ante, before; see ante- + mortem, accusative of mors, mort-, death; see mortal. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Shall I clarify the terms antemortem, perimortem, and postmortem?”
“The odontologist compares recovered dentition to X-rays, handwritten charts, and treatment notes in antemortem records.”
“Had Danny and I made too great a leap when comparing the antemortem and postmortem dental X-rays?”
“Though truncated on the postmortem film, the glob that remained in the molar was nearly identical to the top half of the glob on the antemortem film.”
“We all looked from antemortem to postmortem and back, and back again, comparing details of bony architecture and microstructure.”
“This antemortem inspection is the only test required by the USDA before cattle are sent to slaughter.”
“If you have antemortem blood that revealed protein-induced vitamin K deficiency, " she replies.”
“I'm not suggesting that that means that it is an antemortem cut.”
“It tells you whether the bone was cut postmortem or antemortem.”
“The only other thing that he thought was worth mentioning was that the bruise on Aliso's cheek was antemortem by four or five hours.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘antemortem’.
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life, death, rebirth
vale of tears, aborning, transmigration, reincarnate, nativity, nascence, metempsychosis, palingenesis, againrising, psychopannychism, thnetopsychism, shuffle off this ... and 104 more...
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ante-
before; in front
antediluvian, anterior, antebellum, anticipate, antecedent, ante, antechamber, anteroom, antenatal, antedate, antepenultimate, antepenultima and 20 more...
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ADW2
nudnik, temper, intercalate, cleave, scowl, chapfallen, malapropos, disport, annals, paean, paradisiacal, whet and 362 more...
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Death
postmortem, antemortem, casketing, cadaveric, entombment, inurnment, casket coach, cremains, disinterment, epitaph, bequest, catacombs and 59 more...
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Wordnik Puzzle: Ictus Aromas
This list is an anagram puzzle. A word or phrase can be formed by arranging the first letters of the listed words and phrases. The solved phrase may be in any language.
inquest, scaphism, cadaveric, antemortem, mortification, asphixiation, tardieu's spots, obital, under the harrow, rackmaster, sphacelus
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Anthrolocution
Work-related words.. It can have anything to do with human anatomy, linguistics, academic social structures, or archaeological artefacts.
mastoid process, formative, bioarchaeology, external auditory..., zygomatic, squamous, osteology, core-periphery po..., hegemony, niche, epicondyle, iliac and 61 more...
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