How to Pronounce "postmortem"
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A postmortem is an examination of a dead body to find out the cause of death. The term is also used for an analysis after an event to understand what happened and why.
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After every major release, the team has a postmortem to improve next time.
The doctor performed a postmortem to find out why he died.
A postmortem showed that the accident was the cause of death.
They held a postmortem after the project failed.