Definition for post-mortem - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	post-mortem (post-mortem) Pronunciation: /pəʊs(t)ˈmɔːtəm/ noun (also post-mortem examination) an examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death: the hospital will want to carry out a post-mortem an analysis or discussion of an event held soon after it has occurred, especially in order to determine why it was a failure: an election post-mortem on why the party lost adjective [attributive] relating to a post-mortem: a post-mortem report happening after death: post-mortem changes in his body [as adverb]: assessment of morphology in nerves taken post-mortem Origin: mid 18th century: from Latin, literally 'after death'		More words in this category abort aetiology brain damage coeliac dermoid cyst feverish Hippocratic oath hippus immunosuppression inflame inunction managed care Medicaid mobilize paediatrics symptomatology unsterilized untreatable vaccine Nearby Words post-date post-feminist post-Fordism post-free post-haste post-hypnotic post-Impressionism post-industrial Post-it post-mortem post-obit post-op post-operative post-paid post-partum post-production post-punk post-structuralism post-synch