Postmortem - Definition
postmortem
adj 1: occurring or done after death; "postmortem changes"; "a
postmortem examination to determine cause of death";
"postmortal wounds" [syn: postmortem, postmortal]
[ant: antemortem]
2: after death or after an event; "a postmortem examination to
determine the cause of death"; "the postmortem discussion of
the President's TV address"
n 1: discussion of an event after it has occurred [syn:
postmortem, post-mortem]
2: an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine
cause of death or the changes produced by disease [syn:
autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM,
postmortem examination, post-mortem examination]
