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reautopsy

reautopsy noun: a second or subsequent autopsy of the same body.

Noun

reautopsy (plural reautopsies)

  1. A second or subsequent autopsy of the same body.
    • Amid accusations of a cover-up, relatives of the deceased demanded a reautopsy.

Verb

reautopsy (third-person singular simple present reautopsies, present participle reautopsying, simple past and past participle reautopsied)

  1. (transitive) To carry out another autopsy on.

Forms of reautopsy

Noun
pluralreautopsies
Verb
third-person singular presentreautopsies
present participlereautopsying
past participlereautopsied
pastreautopsied

Origin of reautopsy

From re- + autopsy.

Questions about reautopsy

What does reautopsy mean?
Reautopsy means a second or subsequent autopsy of the same body.
What part of speech is reautopsy?
Reautopsy can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of reautopsy?
The plural of reautopsy is reautopsies.

Words near reautopsy in the dictionary

  1. reauthorizes
  2. reauthorizing
  3. reauthors
  4. reautopsied
  5. reautopsies
  6. reautopsy
  7. reautopsying
  8. reavail
  9. reavailable
  10. reavailed
  11. reavailing

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