autopsy
[aw-top-see, aw-tuh p-]
- inspection and dissection of a body after death, as for determination of the cause of death; postmortem examination.
- an analysis of something after it has been done or made.
- to perform an autopsy on.
Origin of autopsy
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Examples from the Web for autopsied
Contemporary Examples
Schubert discovered that Chavez had been autopsied, and a sample of his blood was still in evidence.
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“I originally assumed they autopsied people in San Quentin,” says Burke.
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March 25, 2013
She might be told to lie about her age, and she even might be shown dead, autopsied bodies at the morgue.
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Historical Examples
Gihuwisan únà ang minatay únà dad-a sa punirarya, The body was autopsied before it was brought to the funeral parlor.
A Dictionary of Cebuano VisayanJohn U. Wolff
autopsy
- Also called: necropsy, postmortem examination dissection and examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death
- an eyewitness observation
- any critical analysis
Word Origin
C17: from New Latin autopsia, from Greek: seeing with one's own eyes, from auto- + opsis sight
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Word Origin and History for autopsied
autopsy
n.
1650s, "an eye-witnessing," from Modern Latin autopsia, from Greek autopsia "a seeing with one's own eyes," from autos- "self" (see auto-) + opsis "a sight" (see eye (n.)). Sense of "dissection of a body to determine cause of death" is first recorded 1670s, probably from the same sense in French autopsie (1570s).
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autopsy
(ô′tŏp′sē)
- An examination of a cadaver in order to determine the cause of death or to study pathologic changes.necropsy postmortem postmortem examination
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autopsy
[ô′tŏp′sē]
- A medical examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death or to study pathologic changes.
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