Meaning & use
perimortem
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occurring at or around the time of death.
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The medical examiner noted several perimortem injuries consistent with a struggle before death.
Forensic pathologists distinguish perimortem wounds from those inflicted long after death.
A note on using this word
Perimortem sits between 'antemortem' (before death) and 'postmortem' (after death) -- it specifically marks the ambiguous window right around the time of death, which is often forensically significant.
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