Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ante-mortem

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.94 in modern English

Syllables: an-te--mortem
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of antemortem.

Example Sentences

"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."

Questions

What does ante-mortem mean?: Alternative form of antemortem.

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