POSTMORTEM

(examination) [noun] [C] - a medical examination of a dead person's body in order to find out the cause of death; an autopsy, or (informal) a discussion of an event after it has happened, esp. of what was wrong with it or why it failedA postmortem revealed that the child had died from head injuries.(informal) After we've played a match there's usually a postmortem over a few beers.