autopsy

autopsia

Esame del corpo di una persona o di un animale morto per stabilire la causa della morte.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: an autopsy on someone/something (They performed an autopsy on the body.)

Sinonimi: postmortem

Espressioni comuni: perform an autopsy, autopsy report, autopsy findings

eseguire un’autopsia

Esaminare un corpo morto per stabilire la causa della morte.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: autopsy someone/something (The pathologist autopsied the body.)

Sinonimi: perform a postmortem on

Espressioni comuni: autopsy a body, autopsy the victim, autopsy an animal