antemortem

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antemortem

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Learned borrowing from Latin ante mortem (“before death”).

adjective

not comparable Having occurred or having been inflicted before death. Although the antemortem injuries are severe, they are not the cause of death.
Similar: anthumous, predeath, prehumous, premortem · Opposite: posthumous, postmortem

adverb

not comparable Having occurred or having been inflicted before 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.
Similar: anthumously, prehumously, premortem · Opposite: posthumously, postmortem

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@misc{antemortem_2026,
  title = {antemortem},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/antemortem},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}