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
How much better is ante-mortem charity than post-mortem beneficence.
From Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs by Fuller, O. E. (Osgood Eaton)
That is, it would have been plain to any one but John, whose ailment had taken a fatal turn and had progressed to the ante-mortem state of blindness.
From Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall by Major, Charles
A statement is definite, confined to essentials and properly to matters within the personal knowledge of the one who states them; as, an ante-mortem statement.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
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