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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Autopsy

/ôʹtŏpsē/ · Au·top·sy · IPA /ˈɔtɑpsi/
01 n. Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view.
  1. 1.
    Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view.
    “By autopsy and experiment.” — Cudworth.
  2. 2.
    Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination.(Med.)