Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)Occurring after death.

    The injuries were found to have been caused post mortem.

    посме́ртноposmértno

    посме́ртноposmértno

Examples

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

Translations

3 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
occurring after death — see also posthumously:
Русский
By meaning 1
occurring after death — see also posthumously:

Origin

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

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

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