verb
- performing an autopsy on; examining a dead body to determine the cause of death
Usage: present participle of autopsy
Examples
- The medical examiner is autopsying the victim to determine the cause of death.
- They spent hours autopsying the specimen in the laboratory.
- The forensic team will be autopsying all three bodies found at the scene.
- After autopsying the patient, the pathologist wrote a detailed report.
- The coroner is currently autopsying the remains discovered yesterday.
- Medical students observed the professor autopsying the cadaver.