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Post-mortem
Post-mor"tem\, a. [L., after death.] After death; as, post-mortem rigidity. Post-mortem examination (Med.), an examination of the body made after the death of the patient; an autopsy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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post-mortem
1734, from L. post mortem, from post "after" + mortem, accusative of mors "death" (see mortal). As a shortening of post-mortem examination it is recorded from 1850.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: post–mor·tem
Function: adverb
: after death
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Language Translation for : post-mortem
Spanish:
autopsia,
German:
die Autopsie,
Japanese:
検死
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