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Definition of Antemortem
1. Adjective. Preceding death. "Antemortem confession"
Definition of Antemortem
1. Adjective. before death ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antemortem
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Antemortem
1. Before death. Compare: postmortem. Origin: ante-+ L. Acc. Case of mors (mort-), death (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antemortem
Literary usage of Antemortem
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Black Border: Gullah Stories of the Carolina Coast by Ambrose Elliott Gonzales (1922)
"... AN antemortem DEMISE Under whatever star Philippa had been born, she had known
only ill luck since her acquisition of a husband in Joe Fields, ..."
2. Clinical pathology of the blood: A Treatise on the General Principles and by James Ewing (1903)
"Rieder found well-marked antemortem leucocytosis in three of four cases, in one
of which 89.5 per cent. of 60000 cells were polynuclear. ..."
3. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1905)
"Patient dying at 6 AM Up to 2 hours antemortem, patient was remarkably clear,
being in fact more conscious 6 hours antemortem than 18 hours antemortem. ..."
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