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postmortem, post mortem
1. Taking place, formed, or done after death; extended to include a detailed examination of a body, carried out for medical or legal purposes.
2. A searching (and frequently recriminatory) analysis or discussion of some past event.
3. The evaluation of some event or activity just ended.
This entry is located in the following units: mort-, mor-, mori-, morti- + (page 5) post- (page 6)
Word Entries containing the term: “postmortem
cadaver graft, postmortem graft (s) (noun); cadaver grafts, postmortem grafts (pl)
The grafting of tissue from a dead body onto a living human to repair a physical defect: "The doctors in the plastic surgery department of the hospital relied on a tissue bank for cadaver grafts."
This entry is located in the following units: cad-, cas-, cid- (page 1) mort-, mor-, mori-, morti- + (page 1)
postmortem livedo, postmortem lividity; cadaveric lividity
A purple coloration of dependent body parts, except in areas of contact pressure, appearing within one half to two hours after death, as a result of gravitational movement of blood within the vessels.

The coloration begins to form immediately after death and is usually perceptible within two hours following the cessation of the circulation of the blood in the body.

This entry is located in the following units: livid-, liv- + (page 1) mort-, mor-, mori-, morti- + (page 5) post- (page 6)