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pre-ˈmortem, a. (n.)
[a. L. præ mortem before death.]
Taking place or performed before death: opposed to post-mortem. Also as n. in fig. use.
1892Chicago Advance 21 July, To see himself as others see him through the kindly medium of pre-mortem obituary notices. 1893W. R. Gowers Dis. Nerv. Syst. (ed. 2) II. 339 The pre-mortem rise in temperature is usually attended by extreme frequency of pulse. 1971Listener 7 Jan. 18/1 ‘The death of the symphony orchestra’ was discussed on Radio 4, in a kind of pre-mortem. 1972F. Warner Lying Figures iii. 33 What of love? Guppy. A post-prandial pre-mortem. |