autopsy
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.
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Origin of autopsy
1Other words from autopsy
- au·top·sist, noun
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How to use autopsy in a sentence
In a statement Thursday, authorities said his body had been transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, which will perform an autopsy.
Maryland attorney found dead in his home after police responded to possible burglary | Katie Mettler, Peter Hermann | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostAt Grand Canyon National Park, 22 food-attracted but malnourished deer were found to have up to five pounds of plastic and foil food packaging obstructing their intestines after autopsies.
Once you know what happens to food you leave outdoors, you’ll stop doing it | Alisha McDarris | January 14, 2021 | Popular-ScienceSome autopsies have found inflammation in the heart’s blood vessels instead of muscle cells, which are where other infections tend to hit.
These COVID symptoms could last for months | Sara Kiley Watson | September 22, 2020 | Popular-ScienceAn autopsy concluded Hernandez wasn’t physically abused before her death.
Harris as VP pick brings diversity, LGBTQ ally to Biden ticket | Chris Johnson | August 11, 2020 | Washington BladeI was going to open up kind of the skin of the city, just like a doctor doing an autopsy opens up the skin of a body, and try to diagnose the organs that broke down.
Is There Really a “Loneliness Epidemic”? (Ep. 407) | Stephen J. Dubner | February 27, 2020 | Freakonomics
They had hoped the autopsy would show Brinsley had eaten something that would point them in the right direction.
As an autopsy has yet to be completed, the official cause of death remains unknown.
Palestinian Cabinet Member Dies in Confrontation with Israeli Soldier | Creede Newton | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAn autopsy found highly toxic cyanide levels in the blood of the not-so-dearly departed.
The autopsy report is expected to be completed in the next 24 hours.
Both were looking, of course, at the same evidence, from the same autopsy.
Thus, to trace it, the autopsy doctors would have to find, separate or segregate a billionth bit of the mass under observation.
The hypodermic needle is a weapon of death which has caused autopsy physicians trouble since its invention.
At the autopsy it was proved conclusively that the bullet inside the Prince was of German origin.
I used my Security papers to get the body for special autopsy instead of the usual immediate cremation.
Security | Poul William AndersonWhy does the public abhor and obstruct the physician in his study of anatomy, dissection, and autopsy on the human body?
British Dictionary definitions for autopsy
/ (ˈɔːtəpsɪ, ɔːˈtɒp-) /
Also called: necropsy, postmortem examination dissection and examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death
an eyewitness observation
any critical analysis
Origin of autopsy
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for 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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