Antemortem

Quick meaning: Antemortem is an adjective meaning Having occurred or having been inflicted before death.

Meaning

Having occurred or having been inflicted before death.

Example Sentences

Although the antemortem injuries are severe, they are not the cause of death.

These teeth have small pieces of enamel missing from the edges of the crowns, but it was not possible to establish if this had happened antemortem or postmortem.

Stranded animals provide useful information on effects of the physiology and, therefore, samples should be collected and analyzed to confirm results of studies done antemortem.

Since the process of healing has distinctive characteristics, injuries that occur antemortem usually can be distinguished from those that occur at the time of, or after, death.

Synonyms for antemortem

Depending on context, synonyms include anthumous, predeath.

Antonyms for antemortem

Common opposites include posthumous, postmortem, postmortal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ante-mortem, pre mortem, prae-mortem, postmortal, posthumous, predeath.

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