Meaning

3 senses

  1. An investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death.

    вскры́тиеvskrýtije, аутопси́яautopsíja

  2. (figuratively)Any investigation after the conclusion of an activity, particularly when said activity produces an unwanted outcome.

    постмортемpostmortem

  3. (UK, obsolete)At Cambridge, a second examination for those who were "plucked" or failed in the first.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The body of a recruit has been exhumed for a second post-mortem.

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Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 2
investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy:
investigation after something considered unsuccessful:

Origin

From Latin post (“afterwards”) + mortem, from mors (“death”).

From Latin post (“afterwards”) + mortem, from mors (“death”).

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Forms

plural: post mortems

Synonyms

4 synonyms
PMA1autopsydebriefingAAR

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
postA1postagepostalB2postcardB1

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