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Autopsy

noun

An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease. Synonyms: necropsy, PM, post-mortem, post-mortem examination, postmortem, postmortem examination.

verb

Perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem.

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"Autopsy" Quotes from Famous Books

... nothing on earth, no protestation, no swearing by the gods, would make it believed as being what it was. He chuckled once, picturing the face of the immaculate Elizabeth while she thrust into him a bodkin of moral autopsy, should she ...

— Caste • W. A. Fraser

... consulted in the other cases which—according to the late Gaston Max—were victims of 'The Scorpion,' do not seem to have justified their titles. I am arranging that you shall be present at the autopsy upon the body of Gaston Max. And now, permit me to ask you a question: are you acquainted with any poison which would produce the symptoms noted in the case of Sir Frank Narcombe, ...

— The Golden Scorpion • Sax Rohmer

... as his word, and we had scarcely breakfasted and arrived at Craig's scientific workshop before that official appeared, accompanied by a man who carried in uncanny jars the necessary materials for an investigation following an autopsy. ...

— The Poisoned Pen • Arthur B. Reeve

... Jacob & Coy., Messrs. Jaeger fleece Japanese Antarctic expedition Jappy, dog Jeffreys Deep Jeffryes, S. N., wireless operator 'Jessie Nichol', wreck John Bull, dog Johnson, dog Joinville Island Jones, Dr. S. E., autopsy on the dogs; member of Wild's party; party formed to lay a depot on September; Wild's instructions to; main western journey starting November; "Linking up with Kaiser Wilhelm Land," account by; discovery of Antarctic petrels; view of Drygalski Island; account of; medical report for ...

— The Home of the Blizzard • Douglas Mawson

... called the photographer who had taken the picture of the restaurant, the draftsman who had made the diagram of the interior, the policeman who had arrested Hassoun, the doctor who had performed the official autopsy upon the unfortunate Babu, and the five Syrians who had been present when the crime was perpetrated. Each swore by all that was holy that Kasheed Hassoun had done exactly as outlined by Assistant District Attorney Pepperill—and swore it word for word, verbatim et literatim, in ...

— By Advice of Counsel • Arthur Train

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