autopsy (noun)
1autopsy — noun VERB + AUTOPSY ▪ carry out, conduct, do, perform ▪ request ▪ undergo AUTOPSY + VERB ▪ …
2autopsy — ► NOUN (pl. autopsies) ▪ an examination of a dead body to discover the cause of death or the extent of disease. ORIGIN Greek autopsia, from autopt s eyewitness …
3autopsy — 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… …
4autopsy — noun (C) especially AmE an examination of a dead body to discover the cause of death; postmortem BrE …
5autopsy — 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 …
6autopsy — 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 …
7autopsy — [ ɔ:tɒpsi, ɔ: tɒpsi] noun (plural autopsies) a post mortem examination to discover the cause of death or the extent of disease. verb (autopsies, autopsying, autopsied) perform an autopsy on. Origin C17 (in the sense personal observation ): from… …
8autopsy — au|top|sy [ ɔ,tapsi ] noun count a medical examination of a dead person s body to find out why they died …
9autopsy — [ˈɔːtɒpsi] noun [C] a medical examination of a dead person s body that is done in order to find out why they died Syn: postmortem …
10autopsy — /ˈɔtɒpsi / (say awtopsee) noun (plural autopsies) 1. inspection and dissection of a body after death, as for determination of the cause of death; a post mortem examination. 2. personal observation. {Greek autopsia seeing with one s own eyes} …
