Autopsy - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈɔːtɑːpsɪ|
Brit.
|ˈɔːtɒpsɪ|
noun
- an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease (syn: necropsy, pm, post-mortem, postmortem)
verb
- perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem
Extra examples
The coroner performed an autopsy on the murder victim's body.
...the autopsy revealed an advanced stage of cancer...
An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death.
The autopsy established that he had been murdered.
An autopsy revealed no evidence of poisoning.
Word forms
noun
singular: autopsy
plural: autopsies
singular: autopsy
plural: autopsies
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