post-mortemnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌpəʊstˈmɔː.təm/us/ˌpoʊstˈmɔːr.t̬əm/a medical examination of a dead person's body in order to find out the cause of death:
to conduct a post-mortem examination
Synonym
autopsy
informal a discussion of an event after it has happened, especially of what was wrong with it or why it failed:
After we lose a game, there's usually a post-mortem over a few beers.
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