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• postmortem, post-mortem

語源

From Latin post (“afterwards”) + mortem, from mors (“death”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌpəʊs(t)ˈmɔːtəm/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌpoʊs(t)ˈmɔɹtəm/

形容詞

post mortem (not comparable)

1. After death.

   The hospice's standard procedure for post mortem room cleaning looks very thorough.

2. Having been inflicted or having occurred after death.

   We shouldn't let these post mortem injuries distract us while looking for the cause of death.

   The post mortem timeline is incomplete.

同意語

• posthumous
• post obitum

反意語

• antemortem
• anthumous
• predeath
• prehumous
• premortem

等位語

• perimortem

副詞

post mortem (not comparable)

1. Occurring after death.

   The injuries were found to have been caused post mortem.

同意語

• posthumously
• post obitum

反意語

• antemortem
• anthumously
• prehumously
• premortem

等位語

• perimortem

名詞

post mortem (plural post mortems)

1. An investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death.

   Synonyms: autopsy, PM

   • 2025 February 19, Mike Lewis, “Tragedy at Moorgate”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 59, about the Moorgate tube crash:

     Nor had the post mortem on Newson's body revealed any illness or other physical condition that might have prevented him from applying the brake, although after four days in the oven-like heat of the wreckage, the body was so badly decomposed as to make any reliable post mortem results unlikely.

2. (figuratively, management) Any investigation after the conclusion of an activity, particularly when said activity produces an unwanted outcome.

   Synonyms: debriefing, AAR

   • 2014 September 3, Thomas A. Limoncelli, Strata R. Chalup, Christina J. Hogan, The Practice of Cloud System Administration (Designing and Operating Large Distributed Systems; 2)‎, Addison-Wesley, page 300:

     Each user-visible outage or SLA violation should be followed by a postmortem and conclude with implementation of the recommendations in the postmortem report.

   • 2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 44:

     After a serious delay there is often a post mortem on what happened, but this is usually in-house.

   • 2022 April 20, Ross Buchanan, “Why You Sometimes Feel Sick or Vomit After Smoking Weed”, in VICE‎, archived from the original on 16 February 2026:

     Grinspoon finishes with some sage advice on the best way to avoid greening out: "Keep the doses low and know yourself. If it happens to you, try to do a postmortem on what happened, like: 'Was there alcohol involved? Was there nicotine involved?' Was I overtired? Did I take five puffs when I usually take two puffs?'"

3. (British, university slang, obsolete) At Cambridge, a second examination for those who were "plucked" or failed in the first.

等位語

• antemortem
• perimortem
• premortem

派生語

参照

• (second examination): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

参考

• have the drains up
• post mortem auctoris

名詞

postmortem (plural postmortems)

1. Alternative spelling of post mortem

形容詞

postmortem (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of post mortem
   • 2003, Marianne D. Miliotis, Jeffrey W. Bier, International Handbook of Foodborne Pathogens, page 809:

     Data for the potential human exposure portion of the model include antemortem and postmortem inspection, pneumatic stunning, carcass missplitting, advanced meat recovery systems, and […]