The meaning of Post mortem

noun

A medical examination of a dead body to discover the cause of death, or a discussion of an event after it has happened

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The disease can be confirmed only in a post-mortem., a post-mortem on harkin’s presidential campaign

noun

A medical examination of a dead person's body in order to find out the cause of death

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Conduct a post-mortem the coroner admitted making a number of errors when he conducted the post-mor…

noun

A discussion of an event after it has happened, especially of what was wrong with it or why it failed

Usage examples:

After we lose a game, there's usually a post-mortem over a few beers.

adjective

Happening or taken after a person or animal dies

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Post-mortem examination a post-mortem examination failed to find the cause of death., the majority …