post-mortem Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun discussion of an event after it has occurred
    postmortem.
  2. noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
    postmortem examination; necropsy; post-mortem examination; postmortem; autopsy; PM.

WordNet

Post-mor"tem adjective
Etymology
L., after death.
Definitions
  1. After death; as, post-mortem rigidity. also, simply post-mortem.; (Fig.) any inquiry after the failure of an enterprise to determine the casue of failure

Webster 1913