Postmortem (Adjective)
Meaning 1
After death or after an event; "a postmortem examination to determine the cause of death"; "the postmortem discussion of the President's TV address".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The medical team conducted a postmortem examination to determine the cause of the patient's sudden death.
- The company held a postmortem meeting to discuss what went wrong with the failed product launch.
- The postmortem analysis of the election results revealed some surprising trends.
- The police performed a postmortem on the victim to gather evidence for the investigation.
- The team had a postmortem discussion about the game to identify areas for improvement.
Meaning 2
Occurring or done after death; "postmortem changes"; "a postmortem examination to determine cause of death"; "postmortal wounds".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The coroner's office performed a postmortem examination to determine the cause of the young woman's sudden death.
- Postmortem changes in the body can sometimes make it difficult to determine the exact time of death.
- The medical examiner noted several postmortal wounds on the victim's body, which suggested that they had been inflicted after death.
- A postmortem analysis of the brain tissue revealed evidence of a rare genetic disorder that had likely contributed to the patient's death.
- The pathologist's postmortem report confirmed that the victim had died from a combination of blunt force trauma and asphyxiation.