Wiktionary
premortem
a. Before death. n. An analysis of potential failure before it happens.
Usage examples of "premortem".
Cuba war room on the ground floor of Quarters Eye had been transformed for what one Company clown had billed as a premortem autopsy on the cadaver known as JMARC, the last global review scheduled before the Cuban freedom fighters hit the beaches.
I first contacted you, I have managed to track down premortem blood test results, because she was in the hospital about two weeks before her death.
Reappearing, tape-measure in hand, he went into the bedroom and took slow and accurate measurements, whistling delightedly to find that his premortem theoretical calculations and postmortem practical measurements hardly varied.