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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024post•mor•tem /poʊstˈmɔrtəm/USA pronunciation adj. - of or relating to the time following death.
- Medicineof or relating to examination of the body after death.
- occurring after the end of something:a postmortem meeting to discuss why the team lost.
n. [countable] - Medicinean examination of the body after death, so as to determine what caused death;
an autopsy. - an evaluation after the end of something, esp. a defeat in a game:The coach held a postmortem with the press after the team's devastating loss.
See -mort-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024post•mor•tem (pōst môr′təm),USA pronunciation adj. - of, pertaining to, or occurring in the time following death.
- Medicineof or pertaining to examination of the body after death.
- occurring after the end of something;
after the event:a postmortem criticism of a television show.
n. - Medicinea postmortem examination;
autopsy. - an evaluation or discussion occurring after the end or fact of something:to do a postmortem on the decision of a court.
- Games[Cards.]a discussion of the bidding or playing of a previous hand.
- Latin post mortem after death
- 1725–35
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: postmortem /pəʊstˈmɔːtəm/ adj - (prenominal) occurring after death
n - analysis or study of a recently completed event: a postmortem on a game of chess
- See postmortem examination
Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin, literally: after death |