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postmortem

[pohst-mawr-tuhm] / poʊstˈmɔr təm /
ADJECTIVE
following death
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NOUN
analysis after death
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If you would have told me that in 1990, when "Postmortem" came out and the first printing was 6,000 copies, that I would sell that many books, I think I'd have been scared.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2021

Postmortem studies conducted by Dick Swaab of the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience suggested multiple differences in brain structure between transgender and cisgender individuals.

From Scientific American • Mar. 23, 2021

Postmortem tests for covid-19 are happening unevenly across the country, experts said.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2020

Postmortem photography of the 19th and early 20th century is often viewed within the context of memento mori, the grim directive to remember death as our inevitable end.

From Slate • May 17, 2018

Postmortem photographs of children showed their bodies posed as if asleep or with toys as if still alive.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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