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inoh

postmortem

/ˌpoʊstˈmɔɹtəm/

Meaning 1

An examination after death.

“The doctor performed a postmortem on the deceased animal.”

Illustration of postmortem: An examination after death.

Meaning 2

review after an outage focusing on causes

“The team held a postmortem to analyze the server crash.”

Illustration of postmortem: review after an outage focusing on causes