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post-mortem
Word definitions for post-mortem in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Post-mortem (meaning after death ) may refer to: In science : Post-mortem chemistry , a branch of chemistry for studying of chemical and biochemical phenomena in a cadaver Post-mortem examination, or autopsy , an examination of a corpse in order to determine ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a post-mortem examination (= an examination of a dead body to discover why the person died ) ▪ The post-mortem examination showed that he died from a blood clot in the brain. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ A post-mortem ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Post-mortem \Post-mor"tem\, a. [L., after death.] After death; as, post-mortem rigidity. Post-mortem examination (Med.), an examination of the body made after the death of the patient; an autopsy.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of post mortem English)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also postmortem , 1734 (adverb), from Latin post mortem , from post "after" (see post- ) + mortem , accusative of mors "death" (see mortal (adj.)). From 1835 as an adjective. As a noun, shortening of post-mortem examination , it is recorded from 1850.
Usage examples of post-mortem.
Stock, of Marlstone, was at once sent for, and will conduct the post-mortem examination.
No post-mortem examinations were held in any of these puerperal cases.
All the brain tissue metabolic processes, the incorporation of the radioactive sugar membranes, the post-mortem decay and dissolution of all have been halted indefinitely by the freezing.
Robert Koch in post-mortems and blear-eyed peerings through the microscope.
But the wraith, with its chinky Coke and theories of post-mortem speed, had been able to interface with Gately without aid of speech or gesture or Bic, was why even out of his mind Gately had had to admit to himself it must have been a delusion, a fever-dream.
I read up coniine, and it hasn’t got any distinctive post-mortem appearances.
He'd purchased the magazine because it carried an article of Oliphant's, a witty post-mortem on the conduct of the Crimean War.
The exact cause of the deaths will not be confirmed until the completion of post-mortem examinations by the Multnomah County Medical Examiner.
This explanation was borne out by the post-mortem examination, which showed long-standing organic disease, and the coroner's jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence.
At Claudine's urging they talked through all the decisions that had been made at the NCIS building, to ensure nothing had been overlooked, which prompted Rosetti to admit he'd forgotten to find out about any initial post-mortem examination.
You understand that what we call a post-mortem examination has had to be made?
He has said that post-mortem examination strongly suggests that the shot that killed your father was fired at close range.
She reiterated her conviction that her uncle would have strongly disliked it, and was only partly soothed by an assurance from Miss Patterdale that neither the post-mortem examination nor the inquest would preclude her from burying her uncle with all the ceremonial she seemed to consider was his due.
He swung round for another post-mortem examination of the fire, but stopped as he remembered the reason for their visit.
A lawyer is no better than an old woman at a post-mortem examination.