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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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Researchers analyzed postmortem cerebellar tissue from individuals with secondary progressive MS and compared it with tissue from healthy donors.

From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026

His postmortem portraits, nearly 30 of which are reproduced in “The Harlem Book of the Dead,” are artistic assemblages that honor the dead and the community’s funerary traditions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

In the postmortem, there will always be someone like economist Roger Babson in September 1929 who will be able to say, “I told you so.”

From MarketWatch • Oct. 20, 2025

The coroner's office in Surrey told the BBC that after a postmortem, it had determined that Kapur died of natural causes.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2025

They arranged for an autopsy at Francklyn Cottage, sending for an expert in postmortem examinations.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow




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