ante-mortem

English

Adjective

ante-mortem (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of antemortem.
   • 1880 January 1, The Locomotive, volume 1, number 1, Hartford, Conn.: The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection And Insurance Company, page 9:

     As the physician can obtain the faculty of making correct diagnoses of obscure diseases only by carefully attending to ante-mortem symptoms and post-mortem examinations, so the engineer must solve the mysteries of boiler accidents by studying defunct structures of many different types.