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post-mortem (iou)



post-mortem adverb, adjective, noun, & verb. Also (esp. as adjective) post mortem. M18.
[Latin.]
A. adverb. After death. M18.
b. adjective. Taking place, formed, or done after death or (colloq.) after the conclusion of a matter (cf. sense C.2 below). M18.
R. Rendell Doreen Bett's denial had..been..a post-mortem whitewashing of her mother's character. A. Clare The only consistent change..in the postmortem schizophrenic brain is an increase..of dopamine receptors.
C. noun.
An examination of a body performed after death esp. in order to determine the cause of death; an autopsy. M19.
A. Cross No question that it was cyanide: the postmortem had established that.
An analysis or discussion conducted after the conclusion of a game, examination, or other event. Cf. INQUEST noun 3c. colloq. E20.
R. Markus The post-mortem centred the blame on East for not ducking the jack of diamonds at trick two. Toeckey Jones I mooched about..holding endless postmortems on our conversations.
D. verb trans. Conduct a post-mortem examination of. L19.
N. Freeling Who looks twice at a couple post-morteming a traffic scrape.