/ ˈɔːtɒpsi; NAmE ˈɔːtɑːpsi/ noun
( pl. -ies ) an official examination of a dead body by a doctor in order to discover the cause of death
SYN post-mortem :
an autopsy report
to perform an autopsy
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 17th cent. (in the sense personal observation ): from French autopsie or modern Latin autopsia , from Greek , from autoptēs eyewitness, from autos self + optos seen.