<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the state or quality of being independent.</li><li>freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or the like, of others.</li><li>Archaic. a competency.</li></ul><p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>after death: Pacemakers have to be removed postmortem from bodies that are going to be cremated.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun (Medicine/Medical)</strong></p><ul><li>a postmortem examination; autopsy.</li><li>an evaluation or discussion occurring after the end or fact of something: to do a postmortem on the decision of a court.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun (Cards)</strong></p><ul><li>a discussion of the bidding or playing of a previous hand.</li></ul>