au·top·sy

(ô′tŏp′sē, ô′təp-)

n. pl. au·top·sies

1. Examination of a cadaver to determine or confirm the cause of death. Also called necropsy, postmortem, postmortem examination.

2. A critical assessment or examination after the fact: a post-election campaign autopsy.

tr.v. au·top·sied, au·top·sying, au·top·sies

To subject to an autopsy.

[Greek autopsiā, a seeing for oneself : auto-, auto- + opsis, sight; see ok^w- in Indo-European roots.]

au·top′sic, au·top′si·cal adj.

au′top′sist n.

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autopsic

(ɔːˈtɒpsɪk)

adj

(Medicine) relating to autopsy

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