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 Definitions of Postmortem  [ʊstˈmɔr təm]  

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Definition of 'Postmortem' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) postmortem
of, pertaining to, or occurring in the time following death.

2.  postmortem
of or pertaining to examination of the body after death.

3.  postmortem
occurring after the end of something; after the event.

4. (n.) postmortem
a postmortem examination; autopsy.

5.  postmortem
a discussion or evaluation after the end or fact of something, esp. a card game.

Etymology:  (1725–35; < L post mortem after death)

Definition of 'Postmortem' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) postmortem, post-mortem
discussion of an event after it has occurred

2. (adj) autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM, postmortem examination, post-mortem examination
an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease

3. (adj) postmortem, postmortal
occurring or done after death
"postmortem changes"; "a postmortem examination to determine cause of death"; "postmortal wounds"

4. (adj) postmortem
after death or after an event
"a postmortem examination to determine the cause of death"; "the postmortem discussion of the President's TV address"


Translation of 'Postmortem' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a medical examination of a dead body in order to find out the cause of death.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: post mortem Arabic flag Arabic: تَشريح الجُثَّه، فَحْص ال Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: посмъртно
Brazilian flag Brazilian: autópsia Czech flag Czech: ohledání mrtvoly German flag German: die Autopsie
Danish flag Danish: obduktion Greek flag Greek: νεκροψία Spanish flag Spanish: autopsia
Estonian flag Estonian: lahkamine Farsi flag Farsi: کالبد شکافی Finnish flag Finnish: kuolemansyyntutkimus
French flag French: autopsie Hebrew flag Hebrew: נִיתוּח לְאַחַר הַמַווֶת Hindi flag Hindi: शव परीक्षा
Croatian flag Croatian: autopsija Hungarian flag Hungarian: halottszemle Indonesian flag Indonesian: otopsi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: líkskoðun, krufning Italian flag Italian: autopsia Japanese flag Japanese: 検死
Korean flag Korean: 검시 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: lavono skrodimas Latvian flag Latvian: līķa sekcija
Malay flag Malay: bedah siasat Dutch flag Dutch: autopsie Norwegian flag Norwegian: obduksjon
Polish flag Polish: sekcja zwłok Persian flag Persian: طب عدلى Pashto flag Pashto: عدلى طب
Portuguese flag Portuguese: autópsia Romanian flag Romanian: autopsie Russian flag Russian: вскрытие трупа, аутопсия
Slovak flag Slovak: obhliadnutie mŕtvoly Slovenian flag Slovenian: avtopsija Serbian flag Serbian: autopsija
Swedish flag Swedish: obduktion Thai flag Thai: การชันสูตร Turkish flag Turkish: otopsi
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 驗屍 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: розтин трупа, автопсія Urdu flag Urdu: پوسٹ مارٹم، موت کے بعد مو
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: giải phẫu tử thi Chinese flag Chinese: 验尸

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