Autopsy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Autopsy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Autopsy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
autopsy n an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease Synonym(s): autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM, postmortem examination, post-mortem examination v perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autopsy \Au"topsy\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] seen by one's self; [?] self + [?] seen: cf. F. autopsie. See {Optic}, a.] 1. Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view. By autopsy* and experiment. --Cudworth. 2. (Med.) Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination.