Word Parts - mort

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mort - death

mortal - subject to death, causing death; mortuary - funeral home; rigor mortis - rigidity of the body after death; post mortem - examination of the body after death.

And for you:
immortal, mortify, mortician.

Source: English-Word Information, Word Info About English Vocabulary