autopsicadj.

1817 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. & Surg. 6 125 The autopsic report of the Coroner, signed by so many celebrated names, was grossly deficient.

1886 Alienist & Neurologist July 533 The autopsic and the combined ante-mortem testimony to his insanity was not more confirmatory.

1892 Lewins in G. M. McCrie Miss Naden's World-scheme 29 (note) We are only self-inspecting (autopsic) even when seemingly occupied in apparently far other regions of thought.

1921 Virginia Law Rev. 7 509 The disposition of some of the justices to give an autopsic diagnosis of Buck v. Beach as a case of exemption on account of temporary presence.

1951 College Eng. 12 437/1 In view of this autopsic approach one can hardly be surprised to find that the authors..seldom express a feeling for literature warmer than a cautious pleasure in the ‘metonymy’ of a hymn.

1998 Classical Philol. 93 276 Unlike her predecessors, C. bases her catalogue on autopsic investigation (in person, or by photograph) of the artefacts.

2006 Amer. Jrnl. Med. 119 855/1 PE [= pulmonary embolism] has been more frequently found..in autopsic series that included patients who died from acute exacerbation of COPD [= chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].