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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.
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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]
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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.
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au·top·sy
(ô′tŏp′sē) A medical examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death.
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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-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
autopsy
A scientific examination of a dead body carried out in order to determine the cause of death.
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Noun | 1. | autopsy - 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) |
Verb | 1. | 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 |
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autopsy
noun postmortem, dissection, postmortem examination, necropsy The autopsy report gave the cause of death as poisoning.
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Translations
تَشْريح جُثَّه
pitva
autopsiobduktion
autopsijaobdukcija
líkskoîun, krufning
검시
skrodimas
sekcija
obduktion
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autopsy
[ˈɔːtɒpsi] n → autopsie fAuto show n → Salon m de l'autoauto worker n → ouvrier/ière m/f de l'industrie automobileCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
autopsy
n → Autopsie f, → Leichenöffnung f
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autopsy
(ˈoːtopsi) – plural ˈautopsies – noun a medical examination of a body after death.
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au·top·sy
n. autopsia, examen de un cadáver.
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autopsy
n (pl -sies) autopsia, necropsiaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.