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autopsia

autopsy

noun ow-top-SEE-ah Rare

Origin: Greek autopsia (seeing with one's own eyes).

Also means

post-mortem

Usage Note

Autopsia is the standard medical and legal term for a post-mortem examination. Eseguire/praticare un'autopsia are the standard collocations. The plural is regular: autopsie. The synonym necroscopia exists but is far less common in everyday Italian.

Examples

"L'autopsia ha rivelato la causa della morte."

Natural Translation

The autopsy revealed the cause of death.

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