noun pl. autopsies -·sies

1. an examination and dissection of a dead body to discover the cause of death, damage done by disease, etc.; postmortem
2. a detailed critical analysis of a book, play, etc., or of some event

Etymology: ML & Gr autopsia, a seeing with one's own eyes < Gr autos, self + opsis, a sight < ōps, eye

transitive verb autopsied -·sied, autopsying -·sy·ing