ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Pre-mortem

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Pre-mortem is an adjective meaning Alternative spelling of premortem.

Meaning

Alternative spelling of premortem.

Example Sentences

Some of the best pre-mortems for Steve Ballmer, out-going CEO of Microsoft, have chalked up the company's problem to the "innovator's dilemma."
Evidently these doubts provoked not only astonishment, but concern as to whether the push for her canonization, which had even begun pre-mortem, was appropriate.
Histology of internal organs and fluid found in body cavities can be useful for even moderately decomposed animals to identify haemorrhaging and blood clotting, which would only occur pre-mortem.
This should be borne in mind whenever alcohol has been measured in serum or plasma in hospital prior to death or where a pre-mortem hospital sample of serum or plasma is subsequently analyzed for alcohol.

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