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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 okw- in Indo-European roots.]
au·top′sic, au·top′si·cal adj.
au′top′sist n.
autopsy
(ˈɔːtəpsɪ; ɔːˈtɒp-)n, pl -sies
1. (Pathology) Also called: necropsy or postmortem examination dissection and examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death
2. an eyewitness observation
3. any critical analysis
[C17: from New Latin autopsia, from Greek: seeing with one's own eyes, from auto- + opsis sight]
au•top•sy
(ˈɔ tɒp si, ˈɔ təp-)n., pl. -sies, n.
1. the inspection and dissection of a body after death, as for determination of the cause of death; postmortem examination.
2. a critical analysis of something after it has taken place or been completed.
v.t. 3. to perform an autopsy on.
au′top•sist, n.
au·top·sy
(ô′tŏp′sē) A medical examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death.
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: Corpsesautopsy
A scientific examination of a dead body carried out in order to determine the cause of death.
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autopsy
noun postmortem, dissection, postmortem examination, necropsy The autopsy report gave the cause of death as poisoning.
Translations
تَشْريح جُثَّه
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autopsiobduktion
autopsijaobdukcija
líkskoîun, krufning
검시
skrodimas
sekcija
obduktion
autopsy
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autopsy
(ˈoːtopsi) – plural ˈautopsies – noun a medical examination of a body after death.
au·top·sy
n. autopsia, examen de un cadáver.