Definitions
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- adjective occurring or done after death
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Examples
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Moreover, in crime scene investigations, new findings may require other hypotheses to be scrutinized by postmortal imaging.
Data Visualization In Medicine Julie Steele 2010
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Designer John Macfarlane's palette echoes the postmortal mood, with a black-on-ivory set and costumes of dark brown and clay, and Jennifer Tipton's lighting intermittently throws the dancers into Stygian silhouette.
The Guardian World News Luke Jennings 2011
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In the summer of 1992, Ehud Olmert, then [Israeli] minister of health, tried to address the issue of organ shortage by launching a big campaign aimed at having the Israeli public register for postmortal organ donation.
Pajamas Media 2009
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