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autopsy
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au·top·sy  tps, ôtp-)
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 autopsi, a seeing for oneself : auto-, auto- + opsis, sight; see okw- in Indo-European roots.]

au·topsic, au·topsi·cal adj.
autopsist n.

autopsy
Noun
pl -sies examination of a corpse to determine the cause of death [Greek autopsia seeing with one's own eyes]

autopsy  tps)
A medical examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death or to study pathologic changes.

autopsy
an inspection and dissection of a body after death, usually to determine the cause of death. Also called necropsy, post-mortem examination.
See also: Corpses
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.autopsyautopsy - an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
examination, scrutiny - the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
Verb1.autopsy - perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem
medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
examine, see - observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country"

autopsy
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Spanish autopsy [ˈɔːtɔpsɪ] nautopsia
French autopsy [ˈɔːtɔpsɪ] nautopsie f
German autopsy [ˈɔːtɔpsɪ] nAutopsie f
Italian autopsy [ˈɔːtɔpsɪ] nautopsia

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Miles presents evidence of unethical behavior by military physicians, notably pathologists' mishandling of autopsy data and a lack of response by clinicians to reports about the mistreatment of prisoners.
Despite severe and generalized clinical manifestations, the result of multiple organ dysfunction, previous limited autopsy data failed to show evidence of viral replication beyond the respiratory tract (10,11).
However, many people who die from severe sepsis have few signs of inflammation in their tissues, autopsy data show.
 
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