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autopsier

autopsier noun: one who carries out an autopsy.

Noun

autopsier (plural autopsiers)

  1. (rare) One who carries out an autopsy.
    • Freud was the student of Charcot on child abuse, the autopsier of their mutilated bodies, and the stunned observer of the overwhelming percentage of girls in their number.2000, Samuel R. Delany, 1984, page 332
    Synonyms:
    coroner

Synonyms of autopsier

Forms of autopsier

pluralautopsiers

Origin of autopsier

From autopsy + -er.

Questions about autopsier

What does autopsier mean?
Autopsier means one who carries out an autopsy.
What part of speech is autopsier?
Autopsier is a noun.
What is the plural of autopsier?
The plural of autopsier is autopsiers.

Words near autopsier in the dictionary

  1. autoprotonizations
  2. autopsia
  3. autopsic
  4. autopsical
  5. autopsied
  6. autopsier
  7. autopsiers
  8. autopsies
  9. autopsist
  10. autopsists
  11. autopsy

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