autopsy
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈɔːtɑːpsi/
- Specialized
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autopsia
- In the majority of these cases, no independent autopsies were performed to determine the cause of death.
- an autopsy report
- an autopsy photograph
- perform an autopsy
But luckily for me, AQC did a further autopsy on him, independent autopsy, and found the blood clot that killed him.
- But luckily for me, AQC did a further autopsy on him, independent autopsy, and found the blood clot that killed him.
- So again, you weren't supposed to, in some societies, cut up bodies for autopsies.
- Remember, she does that autopsy where she finds that clue with the with the moth seed in the one of the victim's mouths.
- Yeah, Just look up Epstein autopsy bone.
- After an autopsy, your brain ends up in your chest cavity.
- Well, we know from the autopsy report right where we should.
- The the coroner's report or the autopsy report would dictate as an overdose.
- Whereas you know where I am, there's very few autopsies.
- I'm doubting that an OPS an autopsy has been done, but the results have not been made public yet.
- We don't spend Saturday night down at the morgue looking at autopsies.
- If you can imagine you are working in that building, you probably don't want to see stun guns on an autopsy report.
- And that came out in explanation about what was on his hands that they found in the autopsy, right.
Examples
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So three months later we got the autopsy report back and it was associated with electronic cigarette use.
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The autopsy revealed the exact cause of death, which was crucial for the investigation.
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Well, we know from the autopsy report right where we should.
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Would you like me to do the autopsy, Doctor?
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Anything on the autopsy yet?
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We'll know better after an autopsy.
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It's going to be the most thorough autopsy that has ever been done.
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The autopsy showed the children were never infected.
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The autopsy revealed the drugs and alcohol in her body but I knew it wasn't enough to kill her .
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Mike... ...the autopsy report showed that Amanda was poisoned.
Synonyms
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6.8
A medical examination of a dead body to find the cause of death
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5.8
A medical examination of a dead body to find how the person died
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9.9
A careful cutting open and check of a dead animal to find cause of death
2
5.8
A medical check that cuts open a dead body to find the cause of death
An examination of a dead body to find the cause of death
Cutting open a dead body to find the cause of death
How Thorough
- Specialized
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5.3
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6.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
Autopsy comes from Greek parts auto- 'self' and -opsy 'to see', like the auto- in automatic. So an autopsy is literally 'seeing for yourself' and means a careful look at a dead body to find the cause of death.