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ante-mortem

ante-mortem is the alternative form of antemortem.

Meaning of antemortem

Adjective

antemortem (not comparable)

  1. Having occurred or having been inflicted before death.
    • Although the antemortem injuries are severe, they are not the cause of death.

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Questions about ante-mortem

What is ante-mortem the alternative form of?
Ante-mortem is the alternative form of antemortem.

Words near ante-mortem in the dictionary

  1. ante-
  2. ante-cabinet
  3. ante-cabinets
  4. ante-camera
  5. ante-historic
  6. ante-mortem
  7. ante-Mosaic
  8. ante-Nicene
  9. ante-port
  10. ante-ports
  11. ante-post

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ante-mortem (page history and authors); antemortem (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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