postmortem
/poʊstˈmɔːrtəm/
noun
- A medical examination of a dead body to find out the cause of death; an autopsy.
- The postmortem revealed that the cause of death was a heart attack.
- The family requested a postmortem after the unexpected accident.
- The doctor performed a postmortem to determine why the patient died suddenly.
- A discussion or analysis of an event after it has happened, especially to learn what went right or wrong.
- We did a postmortem on the party to figure out why so few people came.
- The team held a postmortem after the project failed to meet its deadline.
- The coach's postmortem of the game focused on defensive mistakes.
adjective
- Relating to or happening after death.
- Postmortem examinations are required in cases of suspicious death.
- The scientist studied postmortem tissue samples for research.
- The postmortem changes in the body were carefully documented.
- Relating to an analysis or discussion that takes place after an event is over.
- The postmortem meeting helped the team understand what went wrong.
- They wrote a postmortem report on the marketing campaign.
- Postmortem reviews are common in software development.
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