autopsy
Syllables: au·top·sy/ˈɔː.tɒp.si/US/ˈɔ.tɑp.si/
autopsy noun: a dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death.
Noun
autopsy (plural autopsies)
- A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death.
- The autopsy revealed he had died of multiple bullet wounds.
- Synonyms:
- necropsy, necrotomy, postmortem
- 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.1977, National Science Foundation (U.S.), Washington State University. Computer Science Dept, Proceedings of Conference on Computers in the Undergraduate Curricula (issue 8)
- Understanding exactly what happened and why is an essential first step to winning back the White House. ¶ In addition to the autopsy, the DNC should abandon the penchant for secrecy and embrace the principles of transparency and accountability that helped inspire and engage millions of people to...2017 January 19, Steve Phillips, “The Next DNC Chair Must Abandon Color-Blind Politics”, in The Nation, new York, N.Y.: The Nation Company, L.P., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Aug...
- Synonyms:
- postmortem
- An eyewitness observation, the presentation of an event as witnessed.
Verb
autopsy (third-person singular simple present autopsies, present participle autopsying, simple past and past participle autopsied)
- 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.1977, National Science Foundation (U.S.), Washington State University. Computer Science Dept, Proceedings of Conference on Computers in the Undergraduate Curricula (issue 8)
autopsy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
autopsy in Hindi
- a dissection performed on a cadaver
- शवपरीक्षा śavaprīkṣā, पोस्टमार्टम posṭmārṭam
autopsy in Tamil
- பிண ஆராய்வு, பிணக் கூறாய்வு, சவ ஆய்வு, பிரேத பரிசோதனை, தன்னாய்வு, சடலாய்வு
autopsy in Marathi
- शवविच्छेदन, शवचिकित्सा, शवपरीक्षण
autopsy in Urdu
- a dissection performed on a cadaver
- پوسٹ مارٹم post mārṭam
More languagesFewer languages
- autopsy in Bengali
- মৃত্যুপরবর্তী পরীক্ষা, ব্যবচ্ছেদ
- autopsy in Telugu
- శవపరీక్ష śavaparīkṣa
- autopsy in Malayalam
- ശവപരിശോധന, പ്രേതപരിശോധന, ശവം കീറി പരിശോധനിക്കൽ, ഛിന്നശവനിരീക്ഷണം
- autopsy in Kannada
- ಶವಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ śavaparīkṣe
- autopsy in Gujarati
- શબપરીક્ષણ, શબપરીક્ષા, ઓટોપ્સી
- autopsy in Odia
- ଶବ ପରୀକ୍ଷା
- autopsy in Nepali
- शव परीक्षण, शवपरीक्षण, शबपरीक्षण
- autopsy in Tagalog
- surimbangkay
- autopsy in Arabic
- تَشْرِيح tašrīḥ
- autopsy in Malay
- autopsi
- autopsy in Indonesian
- autopsi, bedah mayat
- autopsy in Persian
- کالبدگشایی kâlbod-gošâyi
- autopsy in Vietnamese
- khám nghiệm tử thi
Examples of autopsy in a sentence
- The poison had been passed by the time of the autopsy.
- The autopsy found that the casualty had aspirated in her sleep.
- About 35% of stillborns are discovered to have major structural anomalies by chromosomal studies and autopsy findings.
Synonyms of autopsy
Forms of autopsy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | autopsies |
| alternative form (archaic) | autopsia |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | autopsies |
| present participle | autopsying |
| past participle | autopsied |
| past | autopsied |
Origin of autopsy
From New Latin autopsia, from Ancient Greek αὐτοψῐ́ᾱ (autopsĭ́ā, “seeing with one's own eyes”). By surface analysis, auto- + -opsy.
Words formed from autopsy
Questions about autopsy
- What does autopsy mean?
- Autopsy means a dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death.
- What is autopsy in Hindi?
- Autopsy in Hindi is शवपरीक्षा (śavaprīkṣā), पोस्टमार्टम (posṭmārṭam). See Autopsy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is autopsy?
- Autopsy can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce autopsy?
- Autopsy is pronounced /ˈɔː.tɒp.si/ (UK).
- What is the plural of autopsy?
- The plural of autopsy is autopsies.
Words near autopsy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: autopsy (page history and authors); autopsy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); autopsy (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); autopsy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); శవపరీక్ష (Telugu) (page history and authors); autopsy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ಶವಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); autopsy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); autopsy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); autopsy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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