autopsy

autopsie

Examen du corps d'une personne ou d'un animal mort pour déterminer la cause du décès.

En anglais simple : An examination of a dead body to find out how the person or animal died.

• The autopsy showed how he died.
• Police are waiting for the autopsy report.
• The doctor performed two autopsies yesterday.

Comment l'utiliser : an autopsy on someone/something (They performed an autopsy on the body.)

Synonymes : postmortem

Expressions courantes : perform an autopsy, autopsy report, autopsy findings

autopsier

Examiner un corps mort pour déterminer la cause du décès.

En anglais simple : To examine a dead body to find out what caused death.

• They will autopsy the body tomorrow.
• The doctor autopsied the victim to establish the cause of death.
• All three animals were autopsied after they died.

Comment l'utiliser : autopsy someone/something (The pathologist autopsied the body.)

Synonymes : perform a postmortem on

Expressions courantes : autopsy a body, autopsy the victim, autopsy an animal