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autopsy
/ˈɔ.tɑp.si/
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What does autopsy mean?
noun
- A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death.
- (figuratively) An after-the-fact examination, especially of the causes of a failure.
verb
- To perform an autopsy on.
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verb
- To perform an after-the-fact analysis of, especially of a failure.
noun
- (rare) An eyewitness observation, the presentation of an event as witnessed.
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IPA pronunciation
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A fresh autopsy was performed by Dr. Lacassagne, the eminent medical jurist of the Lyons School of Medicine.
This physician injured his finger accidentally in performing an autopsy upon a patient who had died from child-bed fever.
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When Perrotte died he and M. Revault, his confrere, thought the cause of death would be seen as poison in an autopsy.
Deschamps of Laval made an autopsy on an old soldier which justified the expression, "He had a heart in his belly."