'Post-mortem' definitions:
Definition of 'post-mortem'
From: WordNet
noun
Discussion of an event after it has occurred [syn: postmortem, post-mortem]
noun
An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease [syn: autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM, postmortem examination, post-mortem examination]
Definition of 'Post-mortem'
From: GCIDE
- Post-mortem \Post-mor"tem\, a. [L., after death.] After death; as, post-mortem rigidity. [1913 Webster]
- Post-mortem examination (Med.), an examination of the body made after the death of the patient; an autopsy. [1913 Webster]