| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | post·mor·tem |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p st-môr t m |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Occurring or done after death. 2. Of or relating to a medical examination of a dead body. | | NOUN: | 1. See autopsy (sense 1). 2. Informal An analysis or review of a finished event. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin post mortem : post, afterward; see post– + mortem, accusative of mors, death; see mer- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | post mortem —ADVERB
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