Definition of "autopsy" []

• Examination of a cadaver to determine or confirm the cause of death. Also called necropsy, postmortem, postmortem examination. (noun)
• A critical assessment or examination after the fact: a post-election campaign autopsy. (noun)
• To subject to an autopsy. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "URIBE: Your honor, I would just bring up the fact that whether or not that was a condition of these, of the agreement, whether or not that's used for the term autopsy photo or refers to the autopsy photos in the report."
• "The term autopsy is intrinsic to the resources provided and should lead to consistent conversions."
• "The term autopsy, derived from Greek, essentially means to see for oneself."