postmortem
postmortem Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Occurring, performed, or discovered after death.
"The forensic pathologist identified several postmortem injuries caused by scavengers."
Relating to an evaluation or discussion conducted after the conclusion of a project or event.
"The engineering team scheduled a postmortem meeting to review the system outage."
• noun
A medical examination of a dead body conducted to determine the cause of death or the nature of pathological changes.
"The coroner ordered a thorough postmortem to establish the exact cause of death."
An analysis or discussion of an event, project, or failure held shortly after its conclusion to evaluate what happened and why.
"After the product launch, the development team conducted a candid postmortem to identify areas for improvement."
• adverb
After death.
"The rare neurological condition was only definitively diagnosed postmortem."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-18th century directly from the Latin phrase post mortem, meaning 'after death', formed from post ('after') and mortem, the accusative singular of mors ('death').