1. An exhaustive critical personal examination or inspection of something: Mrs. Jones students were asked to do an autopsy, or a discerning analysis, of the book they had to read for their English class.
2. The examination, after death, of an animal body, usually human, with the intent of determining the cause of death, the extent of a disease or injuries, the effect of therapy, and the existence of any previously unrecognized antemortem pathological condition: After Mary’s young cat, Mini, died, she wanted to know whether it had been poisoned and so an autopsy was performed by the veterinarian. © ALL rights are reserved.

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