Adjective postmortem has 2 senses
- postmortem, postmortal - occurring or done after death; "postmortem changes"; "a postmortem examination to determine cause of death"; "postmortal wounds"
Antonym: antemortem
- 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"
Antonym: preceding (indirect, via succeeding)
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Noun postmortem has 2 senses
- postmortem - discussion of an event after it has occurred
--1 is a kind of discussion, give-and-take, word
- autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, PM, postmortem examination - an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
--2 is a kind of examination, scrutiny
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