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postmortem

[pohst-mawr-tuhm] / poʊstˈmɔr təm /
ADJECTIVE
following death
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NOUN
analysis after death
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But Russian officials said postmortem tests had not detected the disease.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

The Blanchard laboratory combined findings from miBrains with preclinical models, postmortem human brain tissue, and transcriptomic data.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

In the immediate aftermath of the repeal of the proposed legislation, this academic postmortem, published in the monthly peer-reviewed journal Health Affairs, speculated that the MCCA’s failure was, indeed, partly due to financial reasons.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

So every year, we come in and we sort of have to gut-check ourselves and do a postmortem on the season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Less than two hours after Guiteau died, an autopsy was performed on his body at the jail by Dr. Daniel Lamb, who had also done the postmortem on James Garfield.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow




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