1. past tense and past participle of autopsy; performed a medical examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death
Usage: medical

Examples

• The coroner autopsied the victim to determine the exact cause of death.
• All three bodies were autopsied by the medical examiner.
• The forensic pathologist autopsied the remains found in the woods.
• They autopsied the patient who died unexpectedly during surgery.
• The body was autopsied within 24 hours of death.
• Medical students observed as the professor autopsied the cadaver.