Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Occurring or done after death.
- adj. Of or relating to a medical examination of a dead body.
- n. See autopsy.
- n. Informal An analysis or review of a finished event.
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of post mortem.
Etymologies
- Latin post mortem : post, afterward; see post- + mortem, accusative of mors, death. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The show has never held appeal for me before, however, so I can only imagine that once the election and the immediate postmortem is over, it will be relegated back to "not my thing" status.”
“In particular, he argues that the Afterlife is a condition to which we ought to aspire, that it is a moral improvement even on the life of virtue in this world, and that recognizing this is constitutive of wanting to do what God wants, that is, to live according to the Golden Rule, which guarantees as much as anything can (pending divine grace) our long-term postmortem happiness.”
“In the "postmortem" - an epilogue that follows each episode-to episode 3 of season 3, Adolf Hitler is shown planning to use werewolves as a last line of defense for his crumbling regime.”
“One of the discussions in the postmortem was the reflection on how ‘democracy’ as conceived by Bush and the neocon gang was both flimsily conceived and counter-productive.”
“I have to wonder about this if I want to make sense of the idea of postmortem society.”
“The SAP said they had been unable to trace the man's relatives to inform them of his death and the postmortem, which is to be held at a date still to be arranged with Prof J H Olivier, chief state pathologist for the Orange Free State.”
“In Texas, the conference call postmortem fell to Jon Daniels, the Rangers' general manager;”
“In principle, all patients who died at the hospital have undergone autopsy imaging, also known as postmortem computed tomography.”
“Also, specialists in new fields such as postmortem radiology will need to be trained.”
“Fenty says she and her husband have "made mistakes" during his time in office, but she'd rather not do a "postmortem" just now.”
The Washington Post: Michelle Fenty's battle cry in D.C. mayoral campaign that brought her to tears
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘postmortem’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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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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Medscape
Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionaryoedema, arthro-, chordoma, fistula, sclerosis, amyotrophic, etiology, anaphylaxis, histamine, polymorphism, postmortem, postpartum and 16 more...
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post-
after in time; following; later
postgraduate, postaxial, postscript, postdoctorate, postclassical, postdate, postcard, post-traumatic, postdoc, posterity, posthumous, postmark and 4 more...
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Last Words
Endings, results, and pinnacles. The ideal here is to somehow imply the paradoxical concept of "after-endings".
consequence, aftermath, finality, outcome, postmundane, endgame, redound, cloture, bourne, meridian, memento mori, psychopomp and 72 more...
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Latin Spelling Bee List
need to know these words!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
inane, ambivalent, incriminate, interrupt, amicable, meticulous, animosity, curriculum, electoral, transect, condolences, bugle and 132 more...
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No Dearth of Deadly Designations
catafalque, cenotaph, necropolis, sepulcher, sarcophagus, mausoleum, reliquary, ossuary, necrosis, cadaver, cadaverous, pyre and 103 more...
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ash
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 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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Going Postal
Words that contain the letters "post" in that order, etymology not important.
post, postal, riposte, post up, imposter, posterity, posterior, postpartum, postnasal, dumb as a post, posthole, posthole digger and 37 more...
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renorover's Words
ludicrous, orgasm, photosynthesis, postmortem, clitoris, hallucinatory, incredulous, irascible, intercourse, fuck, nebulous, cantankerous and 11 more...
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10th Grade Unit 10 (mort)
rigor mortis, postmortem, mortuary, mortify, mortician, mortgage, mortal, moribund
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Latin Words
inane, impetuous, postmortem, incriminate, alliteration, igneous, allegory
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