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- adverb Occurring after
death . - noun An
investigation of acorpse to determine the cause ofdeath ; anautopsy - noun figuratively, management Any investigation after something considered unsuccessful, especially used of meetings, games and sports, software development, and projects of any kind.
Etymologies
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Latin post ("afterwards") + mortem, from mors ("death").
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