post-mortem

noun

/ˌpəʊst ˈmɔːtəm/

/ˌpəʊst ˈmɔːrtəm/

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(also post-mortem examination)
a medical examination of the body of a dead person in order to find out how they died synonym autopsy
- to do/conduct/carry out a post-mortem
- post-mortem on somebody The post-mortem on the child revealed that she had been poisoned.
- They’re doing a post-mortem on her today.
Topics Crime and punishmentc2, Life stagesc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verb + post-mortem
- carry out
- conduct
- do
- …
post-mortem + verb
- reveal something
- show something
post-mortem + noun
- examination
preposition
- post-mortem on
See full entry
post-mortem (on something) a discussion or an examination of an event after it has happened, especially in order to find out why it failed
- to hold a post-mortem on the party’s election defeat

Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘after death’.

单词	post-mortem
释义	post-mortem noun /ˌpəʊst ˈmɔːtəm/ /ˌpəʊst ˈmɔːrtəm/ jump to other results (also post-mortem examination) a medical examination of the body of a dead person in order to find out how they died synonym autopsy to do/conduct/carry out a post-mortem post-mortem on somebody The post-mortem on the child revealed that she had been poisoned. They’re doing a post-mortem on her today. Topics Crime and punishmentc2, Life stagesc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + post-mortem carry out conduct do … post-mortem + verb reveal something show something post-mortem + noun examination preposition post-mortem on See full entry post-mortem (on something) a discussion or an examination of an event after it has happened, especially in order to find out why it failed to hold a post-mortem on the party’s election defeat Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘after death’.
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