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Post-mortem (meaning "after death") is short for "post-mortem examination", or autopsy, an examination of a corpse in order to determine cause of death.
Post-mortem may also refer to:
Science and technology
- Post-mortem chemistry, a branch of chemistry for studying of chemical and biochemical phenomena in a cadaver
- Post-mortem interval, the time that has elapsed since a person has died
- Post-mortem documentation, a technical analysis of a finished project
- Postmortem studies, a neurobiological research method
- Post-mortem debugging, the debugging of software after it has crashed
Arts, entertainment, and media
Films
- Post Mortem (1982 film), a 1982 Indian Malayalam film
- Post Mortem (1999 film), a 1999 Canadian film
- Post Mortem (2010 film), a 2010 Chilean film
- Post Mortem (2020 film), a 2020 Hungarian film
- Postmortem (1998 film), a 1998 film starring Charlie Sheen
Literature
- Post-Mortem (Coward play), a 1930 play by Noël Coward
- Post Mortem (Gurney play), a 2006 play by A. R. Gurney
- Post Mortem, a 1968 book by Albert Caraco
- Postmortem (novel), a novel by Patricia Cornwell
Music
- Post Mortem (Black Tide album), 2011
- Post Mortem (Dillom album), 2021
- Post Mortem (band), a thrash metal band from Boston, Massachusetts
- "Post Mortem", a song from God Is an Astronaut's 2008 self-titled album
- "Postmortem", a song from Slayer's 1986 album, Reign in Blood
Television
- Post Mortem (TV series), a 2007 German crime drama
- Post Mortem: No One Dies in Skarnes a 2021 Norwegian supernatural television series
- "Post Mortem" (House), an episode of the television series House
- "Post Mortem", the seventh episode of the seventh season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- "Post Mortem", the second episode of the 2024 Manhunt miniseries
Other arts, entertainment, and media
- Post Mortem (video game), a 2002 adventure game
- Post-mortem photography, a style of photography popular in the 19th century