postmortem

English Thesaurus

1. an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease (noun.act)

hypernym	:	examination, scrutiny,
definition	:	the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) (noun.act)

2. discussion of an event after it has occurred (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	discussion, give-and-take, word,
definition	:	an exchange of views on some topic (noun.communication)

3. after death or after an event (adj.all)

similar	:	succeeding,
definition	:	coming after or following (adj.all)

4. an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease (noun.act)

derivation	:	autopsy,
definition	:	perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem (verb.perception)

5. discussion of an event after it has occurred (noun.communication)

derivation	:	postmortal, postmortem,
definition	:	occurring or done after death (adj.all)

6. occurring or done after death (adj.all)

antonym	:	antemortem,
definition	:	preceding death (adj.all)

derivation	:	post-mortem, postmortem,
definition	:	discussion of an event after it has occurred (noun.communication)

7. an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease (noun.act)

derivation	:	autopsy,
definition	:	perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem (verb.perception)

8. discussion of an event after it has occurred (noun.communication)

derivation	:	postmortal, postmortem,
definition	:	occurring or done after death (adj.all)

9. occurring or done after death (adj.all)

antonym	:	antemortem,
definition	:	preceding death (adj.all)

derivation	:	post-mortem, postmortem,
definition	:	discussion of an event after it has occurred (noun.communication)