ante-mortem
Prior to death
Ante-mortem means before death, used especially in medical and legal contexts to describe conditions, injuries, or events that occurred while someone was still alive.
An ante-mortem wound was inflicted before the person died, as opposed to a post-mortem wound.
Ante-mortem statements are declarations made by someone who later dies, sometimes admissible as evidence.
The term appears most often in forensic pathology and criminal investigations.
Identification of illness
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- clinicalEmotionally detached, medically precise
screening · prognosis · terminal · palliative · moribund · life-support · hospice · decline
Medical examination after death
- coronerPublic death investigator
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
- toxicologyScience of poisons
- cause of deathWhy someone died
time of death · injuries · wounds · evidence · investigation · medical examiner · blood loss · trauma
Faculty of deliberate choice
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
- probateWill validation proceedings
- estateProperty and grounds
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
executor · beneficiary · trust · power of attorney · guardianship · advance directive · living will · heir
diagnosis
Identification of illness
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
clinical · screening · prognosis · terminal · palliative · moribund · life-support · hospice · decline · vital signs
autopsy
Medical examination after death
- coronerPublic death investigator
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
- toxicologyScience of poisons
cause of death · time of death · injuries · wounds · evidence · investigation · medical examiner · blood loss · trauma · bruising
will
Faculty of deliberate choice
inheritance · executor · beneficiary · trust · power of attorney · guardianship · advance directive · living will · heir · bequest
ante-mortempost-mortem
Analysis after conclusion
postmortem · after death · posthumous · cadaveric · necropsy
ante, mortem, antedate, antecedent, anterior, anteroom, antebellum, mort, mortal