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Meaning of autopsy in English
Pronunciation
/ˈɔˌtɑpsi/
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Verb
autopsy
Definitions
1.
perform an autopsy on a dead body
Examples
« do a post-mortem »
Noun
autopsy
Etymology
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘personal observation’): from French autopsie or modern Latin autopsia, from Greek, from autoptēs‘eyewitness’, from autos‘self’ + optos‘seen’
Definitions
1.
an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease