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Definition postmortem in American English

postmortem noun

[countable] noun
/ˌpoʊs(t)ˈmɔrtəm/
1

a medical examination of a dead body to find out why the person died

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2

a discussion or examination to find out why an event happened, especially an event that produced bad results

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Definition postmortem in American English