🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

autopsia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /awˈtop.sja/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Autopsy/ˈɔː.tɒp.si/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Los resultados de la autopsia estarán listos mañana."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A post-mortem examination to discover the cause of death or the extent of disease.

    "The coroner ordered an autopsy to determine the exact cause of the sudden death."
  2. 2

    A critical examination or analysis of a failed event or product after it has occurred.

    "The software engineering team conducted a thorough autopsy of the system outage."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'autopsy' originates from the Greek 'autopsia', meaning 'seeing for oneself'. It entered the English language in the late 14th century, evolving from its original context of personal observation to refer specifically to the examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death.

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