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Postmortem

postmortem
1. After death; as, postmortem rigidity. Pertaining to or occurring during the period after death.
2. Colloquialism for autopsy. Postmortem examination, an examination of the body made after the death of the patient; an autopsy.
Origin: post– L. Acc. Case of mors (mort-), death


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