Defenition of the word autopsy
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Defenition of the word autopsy
- Inspection and dissection of a body after death, as for determination of the cause of death.
- To perform an autopsy.
- perform an autopsy; do a post-mortem
- an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
- perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem
Synonyms for the word autopsy
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- necropsy
- PM
- post-mortem
- post-mortem examination
- postmortem
- postmortem examination
Hypernyms for the word autopsy
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- examination
- examine
- inspection
- scrutiny
- see
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