Autopsy



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 验尸
• ［英］ n. 验尸 ( examination of a dead body)
• ［例］ One of the pigs was killed and autopsied ( 其中一头猪宰后剖检)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -sies)

• Etymology: Greek autopsia act of seeing with one's own eyes, from aut- + opsis sight, appearance — more at optic
• Date: 1678
• 1. an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease — called also necropsy
• 2. a critical examination, evaluation, or assessment of someone or something past
• • autopsy transitive verb

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