autopsy

English

Etymology

From New Latin autopsia, from Ancient Greek αὐτοψία (“seeing with one's own eyes”)

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: ô'tŏp"sē, IPA: /ˈɔːˌtɒpsiː/, SAMPA: /"O:%tQpsi:/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɔˌtɑpsi/, SAMPA: /"O%tApsi/

Noun

autopsy (plural autopsies)

1. A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death.
2. An after-the-fact examination, especially of the causes of a failure.

Synonyms

• (dissection of a cadaver): necropsy, necrotomy; postmortem
• (after the fact examination): postmortem

Usage notes

• The term necropsy is usually used for non-human animals, with autopsy reserved for human beings.

Translations

a dissection performed on a cadaver

Albanian: autopsi (sq) Arabic: تشريح (ar) m. Catalan: autòpsia (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 屍檢 (zh), 尸检 (zh) (shījiǎn), 驗屍 (zh), 验尸 (zh) (yànshī), 屍體解剖 (zh), 尸体解剖 (zh) (shītǐ jiěpōu) Croatian: autòpsija (hr) f., obdùkcija (hr) f. Danish: autopsi (da), obduktion (da) Dutch: autopsie (nl) f. French: autopsie (fr) f. German: Autopsie (de) f., Leichenöffnung (de) f. Greek: αυτοψία (el) (aftopsía) f., νεκροψία (el) (nekropsía) f.

Hiligaynon: awtopsiya Hungarian: boncolás (hu) Japanese: 検視 (ja) (けんし, kenshi), 解剖 (ja) (かいぼう, kaibō) Korean: 검시 (ko) (geomsi) Kurdish: Sorani: ته‌شریح (ku) (tashreeH) Norwegian: obduksjon (no) m. Polish: sekcja zwłok f. Portuguese: autópsia (pt) f. Russian: вскрытие (ru) (vskrýtije) n., аутопсия (ru) (autopsíja) f. Spanish: autopsia (es) f. Swedish: obduktion (sv)

Verb

autopsy (third-person singular simple present autopsies, present participle autopsying, simple past and past participle autopsied)

1. (transitive) To perform an autopsy on.
2. (transitive) To perform an after-the-fact analysis of, especially of a failure.

Translations

perform an autopsy

Dutch: een autopsie uitvoeren German: eine Autopsie vornehmen Greek: διενεργώ αυτοψία (el) (dienergó aftopsía), διενεργώ νεκροψία (el) (dienergó nekropsía)

Hungarian: boncol (hu) Norwegian: obdusere (no) Russian: вскрывать (ru) Swedish: obducera (sv)

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