Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perimortem

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pe-r-i-mortem
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

At, or near, the time of death.

adv

At, or near, the time of death.

Example Sentences

"Certainly, most fresh bone fractures with no healing occur perimortem; […]"
"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."
"“Their hyoid bones are broken just like with the more recent victims. That would certainly cause death. But without skin and blood, we can’t tell for certain if it happened perimortem or postmortem.” He sighed. “My guess would be perimortem.[…]”"

Word Breakdown

Root: *mer-

Inflected Forms

peri-mortem (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

antemortem postmortem

Questions

What does perimortem mean?: At, or near, the time of death.

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