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perimortem

perimortem adjective: at, or near, the time of death.

Adjective

perimortem (not comparable)

  1. At, or near, the time of death.

Adverb

perimortem (not comparable)

  1. At, or near, the time of death.
    • Certainly, most fresh bone fractures with no healing occur perimortem; […]2012, Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Todd W. Fenton, “Developments in Skeletal Trauma: Blunt-Force Trauma”, in Dennis C. Dirkmaat, editor, A Companion to Forensic Anthropology, Wiley Blackwell, published...
    • The relevant type of infarct for correlation to cognitive function is chronic (months to years old) and not the acute or subacute infarcts that occur perimortem.2019, Thor D. Stein, Victor E. Alvarez, Bertrand R. Huber, “Applications of Neuropathological Examination”, in Michael L. Alosco, Robert A. Stern, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Adult Cognitive...

Forms of perimortem

alternative formperi-mortem

Questions about perimortem

What does perimortem mean?
Perimortem means at, or near, the time of death.
What part of speech is perimortem?
Perimortem can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near perimortem in the dictionary

  1. perimorphism
  2. perimorphous
  3. perimorphs
  4. perimortal
  5. perimortally
  6. perimortem
  7. perimovement
  8. perimuscular
  9. perimycin
  10. perimycium
  11. perimylopid

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