Definition of Postmortal

1. Adjective. Occurring or done after death. "Postmortal wounds"

Exact synonyms: Postmortem
Derivative terms: Postmortem
Antonyms: Antemortem

Lexicographical Neighbors of Postmortal

postmodernist
postmodernists
postmodernities
postmodernity
postmodernization
postmodernize
postmodernized
postmodernizes
postmodernizing
postmodernly
postmoderns
postmodifier
postmodifiers
postmodify
postmonsoon
postmortal (current term)
postmortem
postmortem examination
postmortems
postmove
postmovement
postnares
postnaris
postnasal
postnasal drip
postnatal
postnatally
postnate
postnati
postnational

Literary usage of Postmortal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"They are doubtless postmortal changes and are most likely to be found in infectious-toxin ... No relationship could be demonstrated between the postmortal ..."

2. Code of Federal Regulations by U.s. Gpo (2005)
"... or shall be stored under other acceptable conditions so that the postmortal decomposition processes do not adversely affect the allergen, ..."

3. Design, Operation and Training Manual for an Intensive Culture Shrimp Hatchery by Granvil D. Treece, Joe M. Fox (1999)
"... musculature has lost translucency or become pink and internal organs have begun to decompose, the shrimp is not suitable. The presence of postmortal ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"... the gland may be congenitally absent, certain of the changes observed in it may have been postmortal, while the infectious diseases of children, ..."

5. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"... 1870, that quinin prevents the postmortal rise of temperature which ordinarily occurs when the spinal cord is divided and heat loss is prevented. ..."

6. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"This is shown by the observation of Binz, 1870, that quinin prevents the postmortal rise of temperature which ordinarily occurs when the spinal cord is ..."

7. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"This is shown by the observation of Hin/, 1870, that quinin prevents the postmortal rise of temperature which ordinarily occurs when the spinal cord is ..."

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