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post mortem

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post·mor·tem  (pst-môrtm)
adj.
1. Occurring or done after death.
2. Of or relating to a medical examination of a dead body.
n.
1. See autopsy.
2. Informal An analysis or review of a finished event.

[Latin post mortem : post, afterward; see post- + mortem, accusative of mors, death; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]

post mortem adv.
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post mortem
n post mortem, postmortem [pəusˈmoːtəm]
a medical examination of a dead body in order to find out the cause of death. post mortem تَشريح الجُثَّه، فَحْص الجُثَّة بَعد الوَفاه посмъртно ohledání mrtvoly obduktion die Autopsie νεκροψία autopsia lahkamine کالبد شکافی kuolemansyyntutkimus autopsie נִיתוּח לְאַחַר הַמַווֶת शव परीक्षा autopsija halottszemle otopsi líkskoðun, krufning autopsia 検死 검시 lavono skrodimas līķa sekcija bedah siasat autopsie obduksjon sekcja zwłok autópsia autopsie вскрытие трупа, аутопсия obhliadnutie mŕtvoly avtopsija autopsija obduktion การชันสูตร otopsi 驗屍 розтин трупа, автопсія پوسٹ مارٹم، موت کے بعد موت کي وجوہات جاننے کا طبي معائنہ giải phẫu tử thi


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Goodfellow that a post mortem examination of the beast should be immediately made, with the view, if possible, of discovering the ball.
In half an hour there was a board meeting; later, he was to hold a post mortem on a railroad; at every moment questions were being asked by telegraph, by cable, questions that involved the credit of individuals, of firms, of even the country.
Do you think I show symptoms of yellow fever or cholera, that you are making post mortem arrangements with such zeal?
 
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