autopsy

English Thesaurus

1. an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease (noun.act)

hypernym	:	examination, scrutiny,
definition	:	the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) (noun.act)

2. perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem (verb.perception)

hypernym	:	examine, see,
definition	:	observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect (verb.perception)

domain category	:	medical specialty, medicine,
definition	:	the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques (noun.cognition)

3. an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease (noun.act)

derivation	:	autopsy,
definition	:	perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem (verb.perception)

4. perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem (verb.perception)

derivation	:	autopsy, necropsy, pm, post-mortem, post-mortem examination, postmortem, postmortem examination,
definition	:	an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease (noun.act)

5. an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease (noun.act)

derivation	:	autopsy,
definition	:	perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem (verb.perception)

6. perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem (verb.perception)

derivation	:	autopsy, necropsy, pm, post-mortem, post-mortem examination, postmortem, postmortem examination,
definition	:	an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease (noun.act)