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Definition of: autopsy
(ô′top·sē, ô′təp-) noun plural ·sies
1. Postmortem examination of a human body, especially to determine the cause of death for medical or legal purposes. Compare BIOPSY.]
2. The act of seeing with one's own eyes. [ <NL autopsia <Gk. autopsia a seeing for oneself <autos self + opsis a seeing]
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