D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Ante mortem

/ăn'-tē môr'-təm/ · An·te mor·tem · IPA
01 Before death; -- generally used adjectively; as, an ante-mortem statement; ante-mortem examination.
  1. 1.
    Before death; -- generally used adjectively; as, an ante-mortem statement; ante-mortem examination.