Autopsy
11autopsy — autopsist, n. /aw top see, aw teuhp /, n., pl. autopsies, v., autopsied, autopsying. n. 1. inspection and dissection of a body after death, as for determination of the cause of death; postmortem examination. 2. an analysis of something after it… …
12Autopsy — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Autopsy (homonymie). Autopsy Pays d’origine …
13autopsy — noun VERB + AUTOPSY ▪ carry out, conduct, do, perform ▪ request ▪ undergo AUTOPSY + VERB ▪ …
14Autopsy — A postmortem examination. Also called a necropsy. Autopsies have been done for more than 2,000 years but during most of this time they were rarely done, and then only for legal purposes. The Roman physician Antistius performed one of the earliest …
15autopsy — n. to do, perform an autopsy on * * * [ ɔːtɒpsɪ] perform an autopsy on to do …
16autopsy — [[t]ɔ͟ːtɒpsi[/t]] autopsies N COUNT An autopsy is an examination of a dead body by a doctor who cuts it open in order to try to discover the cause of death. The autopsy report gave the cause of death as poisoning. Syn: post mortem …
17autopsy — UK [ˈɔːtɒpsɪ] / US [ˈɔˌtɑpsɪ] noun [countable] Word forms autopsy : singular autopsy plural autopsies a medical examination of a dead person s body to find out why they died …
18autopsy — noun (plural sies) Etymology: Greek autopsia act of seeing with one s own eyes, from aut + opsis sight, appearance more at optic Date: 1678 1. an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of… …
19autopsy — 1. noun /ˈɔːˌtɒpsiː/ a) A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death. b) An after the fact examination, especially of the causes of a failure. Syn: necropsy, necrotomy, postmortem 2 …
20autopsy — au|top|sy [ˈo:tɔpsi US ˈo:ta:p ] n plural autopsies especially AmE [Date: 1600 1700; : Greek; Origin: autopsia act of seeing with your own eyes , from auto ( AUTO ) + opsis sight ] an examination of a dead body to discover the cause of death… …
