autopsy
autopsy
[ˈɔːtɒpsi, ɔːˈtɒpsi]
(pl. -ies)
[ˈɔːtɒpsi, ɔːˈtɒpsi]
(pl. -ies)
- a post-mortem examination to discover the cause of death or the extent of disease
尸体解剖，尸检
- [with obj.]perform an autopsy on (a body or organ)
解剖（尸体）
[as adj. autopsied]an autopsied brain.
经尸体解剖的人脑。
- mid 17th cent. (in the sense 'personal observation'): from French autopsie or modern Latin autopsia, from Greek, from autoptēs 'eyewitness', from autos 'self' + optos 'seen'
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