noun pl. autopsies
- an examination and dissection of a dead body to discover the cause of death, damage done by disease, etc.; postmortem
- a detailed critical analysis of a book, play, etc., or of some event
Origin:
ML & Gr autopsia, a seeing with one's own eyes < Gr autos, self + opsis, a sight < ōps, eye
transitive verb autopsied, autopsying
to examine (a body) in this manner