post-mortem

post-mortem
[[t]po͟ʊst mɔ͟ː(r)təm[/t]]
post-mortems
also post mortem, postmortem
1) N-COUNT A post-mortem is a medical examination of a dead person's body in order to find out how they died.
Syn:
2) N-COUNT: oft N on n A post-mortem is an examination of something that has recently happened, especially something that has failed or gone wrong.

The postmortem on the presidential campaign is under way.


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