| Autopsy 1. (a.) Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination. 2. (a.) Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view. Thesaurus Entries canvass, check, check out, check over, check up on, coroner, examine, give an examination, go over, inquest, inspect, look at, look over, medical examiner, monitor, mortality committee, necropsy, necroscopy, observe, overhaul, overlook, pass over, pass under review, peer at, peruse, pore over, post, postmortem, postmortem examination, review, run over, scan, scrutinize, set an examination, size, size up, study, survey, take stock of, take the measure |