[
US
/ˈɔˌtɑpsi/
]
[ UK /ˈɔːtɒpsˌi/ ]
[ UK /ˈɔːtɒpsˌi/ ]
VERB
- perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem
NOUN
- an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
How To Use autopsy In A Sentence
- AN autopsy on the body of a man found dead in a house has sparked a murder probe. The Sun
- An autopsy today found the cause of Hammerdorfer's death was cardiomegaly and biventricular hypertrophy, which refers to an enlarged heart and enlarged ventricles. ABC News: Top Stories
- Francis Fukayama's autopsy of neoconservatism is well worth reading, and makes many sensible points about the direction that American foreign policy should now take. Balkinization
- The term autopsy, derived from Greek, essentially means to see for oneself. Eureka Times Standard Most Viewed
- Autopsy revealed that Hubert was suffering from an incipient neoplasm in his prostate gland. DISPLACED PERSON
- At autopsy , a large firm, white tumor mass was found filling much of the left ventricle.
- That said, it is interesting to note that a recent autopsy examination of Einstein's preserved brain did uncover extra tissue in the parietal cortex, which mediates spatial cognition.
- All SBS cases had a clinical history of whiplash shaking of the head and had autopsy findings of subdural, subarachnoid, and bilateral retinal hemorrhages.
- The autopsy would eventually show that Mom had taken three different prescription drugs.
- To discuss the events at the death scene and closely examine the autopsy report is distressing to the families.
