autopsy
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autopsy
- /ˈɔː.tɒp.si/ UK
- /ˈɔ.tɑp.si/ US
- /ˈɑ.tɑp.si/ US, cot caught merger
- /ɔˈtɑp.si/ US, dated
Where it comes from
From New Latin autopsia, from Ancient Greek αὐτοψῐ́ᾱ (autopsĭ́ā, “seeing with one's own eyes”). By surface analysis, auto- + -opsy.
noun autopsies · autopsia
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A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death.
The autopsy revealed he had died of multiple bullet wounds.
Similar: necropsy, necrotomy, postmortem
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An after-the-fact examination, especially of the causes of a failure.
This lack of built-in clutter makes the system easy to comprehend. Debugging facilities are few but powerful: snapshots, tracing, and autopsy.
Similar: postmortem
- An eyewitness observation, the presentation of an event as witnessed.
verb autopsies · autopsying · autopsied · autopsia
- To perform an autopsy on.
- To perform an after-the-fact analysis of, especially of a failure. The user may define his own errors, and use DUMPAL to autopsy the system for him.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: necropsy, pm, postmortem, postmortem examination, dissection, anatomy, corpse, body, post-mortem, forensic, examination, post, coroner, post-mortem examination, necroscopy, necrotomy
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noun a dissection performed on a cadaver
| Español | autopsia |
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| 한국어 | 검시 geomsi, 부검 bugeom |
| 日本語 | 検死 kenshi, 解剖 kaibō |
| 中文 | 屍檢 /尸检 shījiǎn, 驗屍 /验尸 yànshī, 屍體解剖 /尸体解剖 shītǐ jiěpōu |
| हिन्दी | शवपरीक्षा śavaprīkṣā, पोस्टमार्टम posṭmārṭam |
| Kiswahili | uchunguzi wa maiti |
| Português | autópsia |
| Français | autopsie |
| Deutsch | Obduktion, Autopsie, Sektion, Leichenöffnung |
| Ελληνικά | νεκροτομή nekrotomí |
| Română | autopsie |
| Русский | вскры́тие vskrýtije, аутопси́я autopsíja |
| Tiếng Việt | khám nghiệm tử thi |
| العربية | تَشْرِيح tašrīḥ |
noun eyewitness observation
| Deutsch | Augenzeugenbericht, Schilderung eines Augenzeugen |
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verb perform an autopsy
| Português | autopsiar |
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| Deutsch | Autopsie vornehmen, autopsieren |
| Ελληνικά | διενεργώ νεκροτομή dienergó nekrotomí, διενεργώ νεκροψία dienergó nekropsía |
| Русский | вскрыва́ть vskryvátʹ, вскрыть vskrytʹ |
Talk about this word "autopsy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/autopsy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. autopsy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/autopsy "autopsy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/autopsy.Cite this
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title = {autopsy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/autopsy},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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