Autopsy

['ɔːtɒpsɪ;ɔː'tɒpsɪ] or ['ɔtɑpsi]

(noun.) an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease.

(verb.) perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem.

Inputed by Donald--From WordNet

(a.) Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view.

(a.) Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination.

Typed by Chloe

n. [1]. Ocular evidence, personal examination.[2]. Post-mortem examination.

Typed by Eliza

n. personal inspection esp. the examination of a body after death.—Also Autop′sia.

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