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| Main Entry: |
postmortem
 [pohst-mawr-tuhm] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | following death |
| Synonyms: | future, later, post-obit, post-obituary, posthumous, postmundane |
| Main Entry: | autopsy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examination of dead body |
| Synonyms: | dissection, necropsy, pathological examination, postmortem |
| Main Entry: | dissection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cutting up, particularly of a dead body |
| Synonyms: | anatomization, anatomy, autopsy, dismemberment, examination, necropsy, operation, postmortem, vivisection |
| Antonyms: | connection, joining, mending, sewing |
Example Sentences
- They plan on looking at postmortem brain tissue from mothers of boys.
- Still, the postmortem on wild pigeons not surprisingly has focused not on their biological weak points but rather on us.
- Do not do a postmortem on the past interview or job search.
| Main Entry: | ex post facto |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | after the fact |
| Synonyms: | attendant, done afterward, post factum, posterior, postmortem, retroactive, retrospective, sequent, subsequent, succeeding |
| Main Entry: | posthumous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | after death |
| Synonyms: | post-mortem, post-obit, post-obituary |
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