ante-mortem
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of ante-mortem
Latin
Example Sentences
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Only about 30% of U.S. deaths are followed by autopsies, and when postmortem findings are compared with ante-mortem diagnoses, glaring discrepancies often occur.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since Minister Cromwell did not distinguish between ante-mortem and post-mortem axing, may I not "axe" you if you did not err in the footnote?
From Time Magazine Archive
Before he died his ante-mortem statement was taken, when he said he just had a glimpse of the person who struck him, and he believed his assailant was Joe Porter.
From From Wealth to Poverty by Potter, Austin
Then the ante-mortem statement was put in evidence.
From Manslaughter by Miller, Alice Duer
The left cavities may be contracted and empty, or they may contain dark, soft clots or white ante-mortem clots.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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