post-mortem


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
post-mortem/pəʊstˈmɔːtəm/
noun
  • 1 an examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death.
  • 2 an analysis of an event made after it has occurred.
adjective
  • 1 relating to a post-mortem.
  • 2 happening after death.
– origin C18: from L., lit. ‘after death’.
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