ante-mortem

British  

adjective

1. (esp in legal or medical contexts) before death

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Etymology

Origin of ante-mortem

Latin

Example Sentences

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

This ante-mortem statement," concluded Mr. Rush, "was taken down in longhand by the stenographer who sits below, and signed by Anna Steuer, M.D., of Elsinore, Brabant County, State of New York.

From Mrs. Balfame A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

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

It was a kind of ante-mortem lying-in-state—his last levee; and he was equal to the occasion.

From Charlotte's Inheritance by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)