postmortem (redirected from postmortem report)

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.

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

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post mortem adv.

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postmortem [pəʊstˈmɔːtəm]

adj

(Medicine / Pathology) (prenominal) occurring after death

n

1. analysis or study of a recently completed event a postmortem on a game of chess

2. (Medicine / Pathology) See postmortem examination

[from Latin, literally: after death]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	postmortem - discussion of an event after it has occurred post-mortem give-and-take, discussion, word - an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it"
	2.	postmortem - an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease autopsy, necropsy, PM, post-mortem examination, postmortem examination, post-mortem examination, scrutiny - the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
Adj.	1.	postmortem - occurring or done after death; "postmortem changes"; "a postmortem examination to determine cause of death"; "postmortal wounds" postmortal antemortem - preceding death; "antemortem confession"
	2.	postmortem - after death or after an event; "a postmortem examination to determine the cause of death"; "the postmortem discussion of the President's TV address" succeeding - coming after or following

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postmortem

noun

1. examination, analysis, autopsy, dissection, necropsy A postmortem showed that he had drowned.

2. analysis, study, review, investigation, assessment, examination, breakdown, evaluation, appraisal The postmortem on the presidential campaign is under way.

Translations

postmortem [ˌpəʊstˈmɔːtəm] n (also postmortem examination) → autopsia (fig) → analisi f inv a posteriori

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postmortem [ˌpəʊstˈmɔːtəm] n (also postmortem examination) → autopsia (fig) → analisi f inv a posteriori