(Tıp) Otopsi: Bazı hastalarda ve şüpheli ölüm vakalarında ölüm sebebini belirlemek üzere ölü üzerinde yapılan ameliyat (organların hastalık sonucunda ne gibi değişikliklere uğradığını incelemek veya kat'i teşhis koymak için bir ölünün disseksiyonu)
an examination of the organs and/or tissues of the body after death An autopsy is often used to determine the cause of death, but may also be done to research the fatal disease for future diagnosis, treatment, and prevention strategies
an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem
A medicolegal (forensic) autopsy is ordered by the coroner or medical examiner as authorized by law with the statutory purpose of establishing the cause of death and answer other medicolegal questions
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. = post-mortem. autopsies an examination of a dead body to discover the cause of death British Equivalent: post mortem. or necropsy or postmortem Dissection and examination of a dead body to determine cause of death and learn about disease processes in ways that are not possible with the living. Autopsies have contributed to the development of medicine since at least the Middle Ages. Beyond revealing causes of individual deaths, autopsy is crucial to the accuracy of disease and death statistics, the education of medical students, the understanding of new and changing diseases, and the advancement of medical science