Definition of the word post-mortem

Pronunciation of vocabulary post-mortem

post-mortemnoun

sau khi chết

/ˌpəʊst ˈmɔːtəm//ˌpəʊst ˈmɔːrtəm/

Origin of the word post-mortem

Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘after death’.

Example of vocabulary post-mortemnamespace

meaning

a medical examination of the body of a dead person in order to find out how they died

  • to do/conduct/carry out a post-mortem
  • The post-mortem on the child revealed that she had been poisoned.
  • They’re doing a post-mortem on him today.
meaning

a discussion or an examination of an event after it has happened, especially in order to find out why it failed

  • to hold a post-mortem on the party’s election defeat

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