autopsy

• Nom désignant l'examen médical et l'ouverture d'un corps mort pour déterminer la cause du décès ou étudier des lésions pathologiques.

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.

   Autopsie médicale

   • 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.

   Synonymesnecropsypost-mortempostmortempostmortem examination

• Verbe signifiant pratiquer une autopsie, c'est-à-dire examiner un corps après la mort pour déterminer la cause du décès, ou analyser quelque chose en profondeur de manière critique.

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.

   Autopsier

   • 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.

   Synonymesdissectnecropsy