postmortem
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
discussion of an event after it has occurred
Types & categories
- give-and-take hypernym
Related & opposite
- postmortem derivation
Sense 2 adjective
occurring or done after death
postmortem changes
Related & opposite
- antemortem antonym
- postmortem derivation
Sense 3 noun
an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
Types & categories
- examination hypernym
Related & opposite
- autopsy derivation
Sense 4 adjective
after death or after an event
a postmortem examination to determine the cause of death
Related & opposite
- succeedinga similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | postmortem |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | give-and-take |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | antemortem |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | postmortem |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | autopsy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | examination |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | succeedinga |