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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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“I destroyed your live production database containing real business data during an active code freeze,” the agent said in a postmortem conversation with the developer.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

In a statement to the inquest, Dr Marjorie Turner said she conducted the postmortem, and she found that the schoolboy's death was consistent with drowning.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

The cells were obtained from adult postmortem eye tissue.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025

His postmortem portraits, nearly 30 of which are reproduced in “The Harlem Book of the Dead,” are artistic assemblages that honor the dead and the community’s funerary traditions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

It had not been spotted inside Garfield's body during the postmortem.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow




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