Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun autopsy

1 sense of autopsy

Sense 1
autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM, postmortem examination, post-mortem examination -- (an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease)
       => examination, scrutiny -- (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb autopsy

1 sense of autopsy

Sense 1
autopsy -- (perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem)
       => examine, see -- (observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country")