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perimortem
[ per-ee-mawr-tuhm ]
adjective
- 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.
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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 )
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