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Definition of Autopsy

1. Verb. Perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem.

2. Noun. An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease.

Definition of Autopsy

1. n. Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view.

Definition of Autopsy

1. Noun. A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death. ¹

2. Noun. An after-the-fact examination, especially of the causes of a failure. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To perform an autopsy on. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To perform an after-the-fact analysis of, especially of a failure. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Autopsy

1. to examine a dead body to determine the cause of death [v -SIED, -SYING, -SIES]

Medical Definition of Autopsy

1. A surgical procedure, postmortem, which involves the examination of body tissues, often to determine cause of death. (02 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Autopsy

autopolyploids autopolyploidy autopositioning autoprocessing autoprotective autoprotolysis autopsia autopsias autopsic autopsical

autopsied autopsies autopsist autopsists autopsorin autopsy (current term) autopsying autoptic autoptical autoptically

autoradiogram autoradiograms autoradiograph autoradiographed autoradiographic autoradiographs autoradiography autoradiolyses autoradiolysis autoreact

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