Postmortem

Pronunciation: /ˌpoʊstˈmɔːrtɛm/

Postmortem (noun)

  1. An examination of a body after death to find out the cause of death.
  2. 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

Synonyms of Postmortem

Formal

Neutral