n, pl  -sies  :  an examination of the body after death usu. with such dissection as will expose the vital organs for determining the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease - called also necropsy , postmortem , postmortem examination 
vt, -sied  -sy*ing  :  to perform an autopsy on .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  ad·eps  adipes  ad·i·pose  ATPase 
 
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