I. ˈȯˌtäpsē, ˈȯd.əp-, ˈȯtəp- , -si sometimes ȯˈtäp- or əˈtäp- noun
( -es )
Etymology: Greek autopsia seeing with one's own eyes, from aut- + -opsia (from opsis sight) — more at optic
1. : postmortem examination , necropsy ; also : permission to make such an examination
autopsy was refused
2. : a critical analysis either hostile or dispassionate of a past event or a completed creative process
history is at best autopsy — F.L.Wright
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
: to perform a postmortem examination upon