postmortal

1. 1.

   occurring or done after death

   “postmortem changes”

   “a postmortem examination to determine cause of death”

   “postmortal wounds”

   Synonymspostmortem

Questions about postmortal

What does postmortal mean?

postmortal means "occurring or done after death".

How many syllables are in postmortal?

postmortal has 3 syllables: post-mor-tal. The stress falls on "post".

What is another word for postmortal?

Close synonyms include postmortem. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is postmortal a common word?

postmortal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.