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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024au•top•sy /ˈɔtɑpsi/USA pronunciation n., pl. -sies, v., -sied, -sy•ing. n. [countable] - Medicinethe examination or inspection of a dead body to determine the cause of death;
postmortem. - a critical analysis of something past:After the game the coach conducted an autopsy of the team's performance.
v. [~ + object] - Medicineto perform an autopsy on:autopsied the body.
See -opti-, -opt-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024au•top•sy (ô′top sē, ô′təp-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -sies, v., -sied, -sy•ing. n. - Medicineinspection and dissection of a body after death, as for determination of the cause of death;
postmortem examination. - Medicinean analysis of something after it has been done or made.
v.t. - Medicineto perform an autopsy on.
- Greek autopsía a seeing with one's own eyes, equivalent. to aut- aut- + óps(is) -opsis + -ia -y3
- Middle French autopsie)
- (1645–55
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: autopsy /ˈɔːtəpsɪ ɔːˈtɒp-/ n ( pl -sies)- Also called: necropsy, postmortem examination dissection and examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death
- an eyewitness observation
- any critical analysis
Etymology: 17th Century: from New Latin autopsia, from Greek: seeing with one's own eyes, from auto- + opsis sight |