as in posthumous
occurring after one's death postmortem tests on the brain tissue of people who had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease

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postmortem

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noun

as in autopsy
examination of a dead body especially to find out the cause of death the postmortem revealed that the cause of death had been an undetected heart defect

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Adjective
Although treatments for these disorders remain elusive, postmortem brain tissue offers a key resource for unlocking possible solutions. Emily Toomey, Smithsonian, 21 Aug. 2019 In addition to studying postmortem tissue, imaging methods like MRIs offer alternative tools for investigating neurological conditions. Emily Toomey, Smithsonian, 21 Aug. 2019
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Lawmakers’ antics during Tuesday’s speech and strident culture-war stances suggest the postmortem is a long way off. Audrey Fahlberg, National Review, 6 Mar. 2025 Still, as Hawley told Deadline in a postmortem interview, there is a lot from Season 2 to unpack. Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for postmortem
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Adjective
  • The governor on Friday also offered a posthumous pardon to Sgt.
    Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Most of the live footage has appeared before, on the posthumous Live in New York City album and home video in the Eighties.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • What’s done is done, and the season autopsy can wait until the summer.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • An autopsy confirmed she was killed by a single gunshot wound to the head.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025

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“Postmortem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postmortem. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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