autopsist


au·top·sy

A0539400 (ô′tŏp′sē, ô′təp-)n. pl. au·top·sies 1. Examination of a cadaver to determine or confirm the cause of death. Also called necropsy, postmortem, postmortem examination.2. A critical assessment or examination after the fact: a post-election campaign autopsy.tr.v. au·top·sied, au·top·sying, au·top·sies To subject to an autopsy.
[Greek autopsiā, a seeing for oneself : auto-, auto- + opsis, sight; see okw- in Indo-European roots.]
au·top′sic, au·top′si·cal adj.au′top′sist n.

autopsist

(ˈɔːtɒpˌsɪst) n (Medicine) a surgeon who specializes in conducting autopsies