autopsy

英 [ˈɔː.tɒp.si]      美 [ˈɑː.tɑːp.si]
  • n. 验尸;[病理][特医] 尸体解剖;[病理][特医] 尸体剖检
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autopsy 验尸

前缀auto-, 自己的,亲自的。词根op, 看,见optical. 指亲自查看。

autopsy (n.)
1650s, "an eye-witnessing," from Modern Latin autopsia, from Greek autopsia "a seeing with one's own eyes," from autos- "self" (see auto-) + opsis "a sight" (see eye (n.)). Sense of "dissection of a body to determine cause of death" is first recorded 1670s, probably from the same sense in French autopsie (1570s).
1. An autopsy was being done to establish the cause of death.
正在进行尸检以确定死亡原因。
2. The autopsy report gave the cause of death as poisoning.
验尸报告上显示死因为中毒。
3. to perform an autopsy
进行尸体剖验
4. They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.
他们正在给受害者验尸.
5. An autopsy eventually ascribed the baby's death to sudden infant death syndrome.
尸检最终认定孩子死于婴儿猝死综合征。

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