post mortem

Meanings

Adjective

Adverb

  • Occurring after death.

Noun

  • An investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death.
  • Any investigation after the conclusion of an activity, particularly when said activity produces an unwanted outcome.
  • At Cambridge, a second examination for those who were "plucked" or failed in the first.

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Origin

  • From Latin post ("afterwards") + mortem, from mors.

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