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   autopsy

   /ˈɔːtɒpsi/

   noun

   • 1. a post-mortem examination to discover the cause of death or the extent of disease: "a Home Office pathologist carried out the autopsy"

   verb

   • 1. perform an autopsy on (a body or organ): "the animal must be autopsied as soon as possible"

   Word Origin early 17th century (in the sense ‘personal observation’): from modern Latin autopsia, from Greek, from autoptos ‘self-revealed’, from autos ‘self’ + optos ‘seen’. In the sense ‘post-mortem examination’ probably after French autopsie.

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