1. Occurring or done after death
   "postmortem changes"; "a postmortem examination to determine cause of death";
   - postmortal
    
2. After death or after an event
   "a postmortem examination to determine the cause of death"; "the postmortem discussion of the President's TV address"

1. Discussion of an event after it has occurred
   "The team held a postmortem to analyse their performance in the game";
   - post-mortem
    
2. An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
   "The postmortem revealed that the animal died from a rare infection";
   - autopsy, necropsy, post-mortem, PM, postmortem examination, post-mortem examination

Derived forms: postmortems, post-mortems

See also: succeeding

Type of: discussion, examination, give-and-take, scrutiny, word

Encyclopedia: Postmortem