post mortem

See also: postmortem, post-mortem, and post mórtem

English

Alternative forms

• postmortem
• post-mortem

Etymology

From Latin post (“afterwards”) + mortem, from mors (“death”).

Adjective

post mortem (not comparable)

1. Having been inflicted or having occurred after death.

   We shouldn't let these post mortem injuries distract us while looking for the cause of death.

   The post mortem timeline is incomplete.

Antonyms

• antemortem

Adverb

post mortem (not comparable)

1. Occurring after death.

   The injuries were found to have been caused post mortem.

Translations

occurring after death

• Armenian: հետմահու (hy) (hetmahu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: kuolemanjälkeinen (fi)
• Greek: μετά θάνατον (el) (metá thánaton)

• Hindi: मरणोत्तर (marṇottar)
• Persian: پس از مرگ‎ (pas az marg)
• Polish: pośmiertny (pl)
• Russian: после (ru) (posle) сме́рти (ru) f (smérti)

Noun

post mortem (plural post mortems) (abbreviated as PM)

1. An investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy
2. (figuratively, management) Any investigation after something considered unsuccessful, especially used of meetings, games and sports, software development, and projects of any kind.
   • 2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 44:

     After a serious delay there is often a post mortem on what happened, but this is usually in-house.

Synonyms

• (figuratively): debriefing, AAR, After-action review (at Wikipedia)

Translations

investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy

• Armenian: դիահերձում (hy) (diaherjum)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 屍檢 (zh), 尸检 (zh) (shījiǎn), 驗屍 (zh), 验尸 (zh) (yànshī), 屍體解剖, 尸体解剖 (shītǐ jiěpōu)

• Finnish: ruumiinavaus (fi), kuolinsyyn selvitys
• Greek: νεκροψία (el) f (nekropsía), ιατροδικαστική έκθεση νεκροτομής (iatrodikastikí ékthesi nekrotomís)
• Italian: autopsia (it) f

• Japanese: 検視 (けんし, kenshi), 解剖 (ja) (かいぼう, kaibō)
• Persian: کالبدگشایی‎ (fa) (kâlbod-gošâyi)
• Russian: вскры́тие (ru) n (vskrýtije), аутопси́я (ru) f (autopsíja)
• Swedish: obduktion (sv) c

investigation after something considered unsuccessful

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: jälkiselvittely, jälkipuinti, jälkipyykki

• Japanese: 反省会 (hanseikai)
• Malay: pascanilai
• Persian: گذشته‌سنجی‎ (gozašte-sanji), پس‌کاوی‎ (pas-kâvi)

Related terms

• perimortem
• antemortem

See also

• drains up
• post mortem auctoris

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Italian

Etymology

Latin

Adjective

post mortem (invariable)

1. post mortem