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postmortem

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of postmortem

occurring after oneʼs death

  • postmortem tests on the brain tissue of people who had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease
Synonyms of postmortem

posthumous
Words Related to postmortem

belated, delayed, late
Antonyms of postmortem

antemortem

postmortem

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of postmortem

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
Synonyms of postmortem

autopsy, necropsy, postmortem examination
Words Related to postmortem

dissection
Near Antonyms of postmortem

biopsy, vivisection

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