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post-mortem
post-mortem /ˌpəʊstˈmɔː.təm/ aep /ˌpoʊstˈmɔːr.t̬əm/ noun [C]
1 F0 a medical examination of a dead person's body in order to find out the cause of death: » to conduct a post-mortem examination→ SYNONYM AUTOPSY(Cf. ↑autopsy)Thesaurus+: ↑Medical examination2 F0 INFORMAL a discussion of an event after it has happened, especially of what was wrong with it or why it failed: » After we've played a match, there's usually a post-mortem over a few beers.Thesaurus+: ↑Judgments and analyses |