autopsy

noun

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

Synonym: necropsypostmortempost-mortemPMpostmortem examinationpost-mortem examination

verb

1. perform an autopsy on a dead body
do a post-mortem

1. 尸体剖检;验尸
An autopsy is an examination of a dead body by a doctor who cuts it open in order to try to discover the cause of death.

e.g. The autopsy report gave the cause of death as poisoning.
验尸报告上显示死因为中毒。

1. 尸体剖检：诊断病理学是以明确疾病诊断为主要目的,通过从病人或从病人体内获取的器官、组织、细胞或体液为对象从而做出正确诊断,包括尸体剖检(autopsy)、活体组织检查(biopsy)和细胞学(cytology)诊断,直接为临床防治疾病服务.

2. 解剖：此病症的发生率是随着年龄的增加而增加,由医学上的前列腺切除术(Prostatect0my),或是尸体解剖(Autopsy)的研究报告指出,前列腺组织的增生早在30岁以前便开始了(Berry et al,1984),而经由组织学的研究发现,60岁的男性约有50%的前列腺肥大发生率;

3. autopsy：automatic operating system; 自动操作系统