Autopsy
noun
A detailed examination of a dead body to find out the cause of death.
The doctor performed an autopsy on the patient to figure out what caused the sudden death.
Often appears as...
- perform an autopsy
- autopsy report
noun
An examination of something for issues or information.
The engineers conducted an autopsy of the engine to understand the cause of the malfunction.
Often appears as...
- conduct an autopsy
- autopsy of the system
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To examine a dead body in detail to find out the cause of death.
They decided to autopsy the victim to understand the cause of death.
Often appears as...
- autopsy the body
- autopsy the victim
noun
A detailed examination of a dead body to find out the cause of death.
The doctor performed an autopsy on the patient to figure out what caused the sudden death.
Often appears as...
- perform an autopsy
- autopsy report
noun
An examination of something for issues or information.
The engineers conducted an autopsy of the engine to understand the cause of the malfunction.
Often appears as...
- conduct an autopsy
- autopsy of the system
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To examine a dead body in detail to find out the cause of death.
They decided to autopsy the victim to understand the cause of death.
Often appears as...
- autopsy the body
- autopsy the victim
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Used in medical or criminal investigations to determine death's cause.
The coroner's autopsy revealed the cause of death was poisoning.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Term
A formal term often used in legal and medical documentation.
The autopsy report was submitted to the court as evidence.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensitive Topic
Handle with care as it can be sensitive for those close to the deceased.
The family was briefed on the necessity of an autopsy with sympathy.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Used in medical or criminal investigations to determine death's cause.
The coroner's autopsy revealed the cause of death was poisoning.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Term
A formal term often used in legal and medical documentation.
The autopsy report was submitted to the court as evidence.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensitive Topic
Handle with care as it can be sensitive for those close to the deceased.
The family was briefed on the necessity of an autopsy with sympathy.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Used in medical or criminal investigations to determine death's cause.
The coroner's autopsy revealed the cause of death was poisoning.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Term
A formal term often used in legal and medical documentation.
The autopsy report was submitted to the court as evidence.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensitive Topic
Handle with care as it can be sensitive for those close to the deceased.
The family was briefed on the necessity of an autopsy with sympathy.
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Mae Jemison on teaching...
their laboratories are becoming obsolete. And this is where we train most of our science workers and our researchers -- and our teachers, by the way. And there's a media that doesn't support the dissemination of any more than the most mundane and inane of information. There's pseudoscience, crop circles, alien autopsy, haunted houses,
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Visualizing the medical...
we have tried to squeeze a lot of data into the system and one of the applications that we've been working on and this has gotten a little bit of traction worldwide is the application of virtual autopsies so again looking at very very large datasets and you saw those full-body scans that we can do
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Finding a Floater PIPE...
encounter something like this because well affect your judgement affect your job the recovery team will arrive shortly to take the body tomorrow a forensic pathologist will conduct an autopsy and search for any clues that could help identify the young man and reveal how he died
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What are mini brains? -...
Why would we need such a thing? Neuroscientists face a shielded by our thick skulls and swaddled in layers of protective tissue, the human brain is extremely difficult to observe in action. For centuries, scientists have tried to understand them using autopsies, animal models,
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Nile Ibis Birds Create...
that now populate the river are held in high esteem as they probe for snails they resemble scribes dipping pens into ink so are also credited with the power of knowledge but in reality they are important for a more practical reason evidence from autopsies on mummies has
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Anders Ynnerman:...
Now we have really made use of this, and we have tried to squeeze a lot of data into the system. And one of the applications that we've been working on -- and this has gotten a little bit of traction worldwide -- is the application of virtual autopsies.
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An AI smartwatch that...
I'm curious how many of you have heard of SUDEP. This is a very well-educated audience, and I see only a few hands. SUDEP is when an otherwise healthy person with epilepsy dies and they can't attribute it to anything they can find in an autopsy.
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Expanding our definition...
comes in this guy show me around he said the veterinarian comes in every couple of weeks to conduct random autopsies so I thought well he must have seen the pattern by now surely in I mean another
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Using radioactive drugs...
by allowing doctors to see amyloid, the telltale protein buildup that otherwise couldn’t be confirmed without an autopsy. Meanwhile, researchers are actively working to develop new tracers
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Magic Without Lies PIPE...
sides of their oblong bodies. But the insides of a flatworlder are forever mysterious unless exposed by some terrible accident or autopsy. And then one day, we came along.
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Mae Jemison on teaching...
their laboratories are becoming obsolete. And this is where we train most of our science workers and our researchers -- and our teachers, by the way. And there's a media that doesn't support the dissemination of any more than the most mundane and inane of information. There's pseudoscience, crop circles, alien autopsy, haunted houses,
Video examples
Visualizing the medical...
we have tried to squeeze a lot of data into the system and one of the applications that we've been working on and this has gotten a little bit of traction worldwide is the application of virtual autopsies so again looking at very very large datasets and you saw those full-body scans that we can do
Video examples
Finding a Floater PIPE...
encounter something like this because well affect your judgement affect your job the recovery team will arrive shortly to take the body tomorrow a forensic pathologist will conduct an autopsy and search for any clues that could help identify the young man and reveal how he died
Video examples
What are mini brains? -...
Why would we need such a thing? Neuroscientists face a shielded by our thick skulls and swaddled in layers of protective tissue, the human brain is extremely difficult to observe in action. For centuries, scientists have tried to understand them using autopsies, animal models,
Video examples
Nile Ibis Birds Create...
that now populate the river are held in high esteem as they probe for snails they resemble scribes dipping pens into ink so are also credited with the power of knowledge but in reality they are important for a more practical reason evidence from autopsies on mummies has
Video examples
Anders Ynnerman:...
Now we have really made use of this, and we have tried to squeeze a lot of data into the system. And one of the applications that we've been working on -- and this has gotten a little bit of traction worldwide -- is the application of virtual autopsies.
Video examples
An AI smartwatch that...
I'm curious how many of you have heard of SUDEP. This is a very well-educated audience, and I see only a few hands. SUDEP is when an otherwise healthy person with epilepsy dies and they can't attribute it to anything they can find in an autopsy.
Video examples
Expanding our definition...
comes in this guy show me around he said the veterinarian comes in every couple of weeks to conduct random autopsies so I thought well he must have seen the pattern by now surely in I mean another
Video examples
Using radioactive drugs...
by allowing doctors to see amyloid, the telltale protein buildup that otherwise couldn’t be confirmed without an autopsy. Meanwhile, researchers are actively working to develop new tracers
Video examples
Magic Without Lies PIPE...
sides of their oblong bodies. But the insides of a flatworlder are forever mysterious unless exposed by some terrible accident or autopsy. And then one day, we came along.
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Marcus Sakey
American Author
I don't know if this is the flat-out strangest, but I'll never forget handling a human brain. It had been sliced into sections for autopsy, each about an inch thick, and felt like pork tenderloin. I swear to god, my first thought was that if you were to dust it with chipotle and cinnamon and saute it in butter, it would probably be delicious.
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Mariska Hargitay
American Actress
Yes. I did more research than I ever wanted to and saw some things I wish I didn't. I went on ride-alongs, spent time with Homicide, Cold Case, and SVU detectives, hung out in subways learning how to spot pervs and pick-pockets, viewed an autopsy, went to a police firing range, and witnessed court cases and I read, read, read.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
American Politician
Even the Republicans themselves have acknowledged they have a diversity problem. If you look at their autopsy report following the 2012 election, they have specifically said they would continue to lose presidential elections unless they address the problem that they have with their alienation of minority groups.
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Bennet Omalu
Nigerian Scientist
I am a spiritual person. I'm a Catholic. I treat my patients, the dead patients, as live patients. I believe there is life after death. And I talk to my patients. I talk to them, not loudly but quietly in my heart when I look at them. Before I do an autopsy, I must have a visual contact with the face.
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Kathy Reichs
American Writer
What gives my books authenticity is that I actually do what it is I'm writing about. I think the fact that I am in the autopsy room, I go to the crime scene and I do work in the lab gives my books this flavor that otherwise they wouldn't have.
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Michael Baden
American Celebrity
That made me think I could contribute more to society by looking at people on the autopsy table and feeding back the findings so that lots of people could benefit, rather than just treating patients one at a time.
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Karin Slaughter
American Writer
I taped the autopsy photos from Marilyn Monroe's death to my lunch box in fifth grade, and I would write stories in which someone inevitably died.
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S. Jay Olshansky
American Scientist
If you do an autopsy on an 85-year-old who died of a stroke, you will find five other things that person was about to die from.
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Al Goldstein
American Publisher
Married sex is like being awake during your own autopsy. It is root canal work without anesthetic.
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Patricia Cornwell
American Writer
I find it difficult to attend autopsies. Especially the smells.
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Marcus Sakey
American Author
I don't know if this is the flat-out strangest, but I'll never forget handling a human brain. It had been sliced into sections for autopsy, each about an inch thick, and felt like pork tenderloin. I swear to god, my first thought was that if you were to dust it with chipotle and cinnamon and saute it in butter, it would probably be delicious.
Quote examples
Mariska Hargitay
American Actress
Yes. I did more research than I ever wanted to and saw some things I wish I didn't. I went on ride-alongs, spent time with Homicide, Cold Case, and SVU detectives, hung out in subways learning how to spot pervs and pick-pockets, viewed an autopsy, went to a police firing range, and witnessed court cases and I read, read, read.
Quote examples
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
American Politician
Even the Republicans themselves have acknowledged they have a diversity problem. If you look at their autopsy report following the 2012 election, they have specifically said they would continue to lose presidential elections unless they address the problem that they have with their alienation of minority groups.
Quote examples
Bennet Omalu
Nigerian Scientist
I am a spiritual person. I'm a Catholic. I treat my patients, the dead patients, as live patients. I believe there is life after death. And I talk to my patients. I talk to them, not loudly but quietly in my heart when I look at them. Before I do an autopsy, I must have a visual contact with the face.
Quote examples
Kathy Reichs
American Writer
What gives my books authenticity is that I actually do what it is I'm writing about. I think the fact that I am in the autopsy room, I go to the crime scene and I do work in the lab gives my books this flavor that otherwise they wouldn't have.
Quote examples
Michael Baden
American Celebrity
That made me think I could contribute more to society by looking at people on the autopsy table and feeding back the findings so that lots of people could benefit, rather than just treating patients one at a time.
Quote examples
Karin Slaughter
American Writer
I taped the autopsy photos from Marilyn Monroe's death to my lunch box in fifth grade, and I would write stories in which someone inevitably died.
Quote examples
S. Jay Olshansky
American Scientist
If you do an autopsy on an 85-year-old who died of a stroke, you will find five other things that person was about to die from.
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Al Goldstein
American Publisher
Married sex is like being awake during your own autopsy. It is root canal work without anesthetic.
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Patricia Cornwell
American Writer
I find it difficult to attend autopsies. Especially the smells.
Example 1 of 10
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