perimortem

[ per-ee-mawr-tuhm ]

adjective

1. at or around the time of death:

   She had a perimortem experience where she sensed her dad's presence at a moment when his death was still unknown.

   Since there was no evidence of healing of the bones, the arechaeologist concluded the breaks had occurred perimortem.

Word History and Origins

Origin of perimortem¹

First recorded in 1975–80; peri- ( def ) + Latin mortem, accusative of mors “death,” on the pattern of postmortem ( def )