Postmortem
Pronunciation: /ˌpoʊstˈmɔːrtɛm/
Postmortem (noun)
- An examination of a body after death to find out the cause of death.
- A discussion or analysis of an event after it has happened to understand what went wrong.
Examples
- The doctor performed a postmortem to determine the cause of death.
- The team held a postmortem to discuss what went wrong in the project.
Common collocations: conduct a postmortem, postmortem report, conduct a postmortem, postmortem analysis