mortem
Death, in Latin
Mortem is a Latin word meaning death, appearing in English almost exclusively in the phrases *post mortem* (after death) and *ante mortem* (before death).
A post mortem is an autopsy or, more broadly, any analysis conducted after something has ended: The team held a post mortem on the failed project.
Medical examination after death
- coronerPublic death investigator
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
- toxicologyScience of poisons
- cause of deathWhy someone died
examination · cadaver · incision · tissue sample · time of death · rigor mortis · lividity · decomposition
Formal death cause inquiry
- verdictOfficial court decision
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- inquiryRequest for information
- rulingFormal legal determination
testimony · proceedings · determination · judicial · hearing · evidence · documentation · official
autopsy
Medical examination after death
- coronerPublic death investigator
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
- toxicologyScience of poisons
cause of death · examination · cadaver · incision · tissue sample · time of death · rigor mortis · lividity · decomposition · medical examiner
inquest
Formal death cause inquiry
- verdictOfficial court decision
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- inquiryRequest for information
ruling · testimony · proceedings · determination · judicial · hearing · evidence · documentation · official · cause
rigor mortis
Postmortem muscular rigidity
- memento moriArtistic death reminder
mortembirth
Coming into the world
nativity · genesis · nascence · conception · generation
- mortal remainsA deceased person's body
- mortal enemyLethal sworn adversary
- mere mortalRegular person, not godlike
- infant mortality ratesMeasure of newborn deaths
- mortal sinsGravest religious transgressions
- lesser mortalsOrdinary folks, implying superiority
mortal, mortals, mortality, immortal, immortals, immortality, mortally, mortician, mortuary