autopsy

• Procedimiento médico que consiste en el examen y la apertura de un cuerpo muerto para determinar la causa de la muerte o estudiar cambios patológicos.

A noun referring to a medical examination and dissection of a dead body to determine the cause of death or the nature of disease-related changes.

1. Post-mortem examinationB2formalmedical

   A medical procedure involving the examination and dissection of a dead body to determine the cause of death or the effects of disease.

   Autopsia

   • The coroner ordered an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.
   • The autopsy revealed that the patient died from a heart attack.
   • Forensic pathologists perform autopsies in criminal investigations.

   Sinónimosnecropsypost-mortempostmortempostmortem examination

• Realizar una autopsia, es decir, examinar un cadáver mediante disección para determinar la causa de la muerte.

A verb meaning to perform a post-mortem examination of a body to determine the cause of death.

1. Perform a post-mortem examinationB2formalmedical

   To examine and dissect a dead body to determine the cause of death or the nature of disease.

   Realizar una autopsia

   • The coroner will autopsy the body to find out why the patient died suddenly.
   • They autopsied the victim as part of the criminal investigation.
   • The pathologist autopsied the remains to confirm the diagnosis.

   Sinónimosdissectnecropsy