au·top·sy (ô?t?p?s?, ô?t?p-)n. pl. au·top·sies 1. Examination of a cadaver to determine or confirm the cause of death. Also called necropsy, postmortem, postmortem examination.2. A critical assessment or examination after the fact: a post-election campaign autopsy.tr.v. au·top·sied, au·top·sying, au·top·sies To subject to an autopsy.[Greek autopsi?, a seeing for oneself : auto-, auto- + opsis, sight; see okw- in Indo-European roots.]au·top?sic, au·top?si·cal adj.au?top?sist n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.autopsy (???t?ps?; ???t?p-) n, pl -sies1. (Pathology) Also called: necropsy or postmortem examination dissection and examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death2. an eyewitness observation3. any critical analysis[C17: from New Latin autopsia, from Greek: seeing with one’s own eyes, from auto- + opsis sight]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014au?top?sy (?? t?p si, ?? t?p-) n., pl. -sies, n. 1. the inspection and dissection of a body after death, as for determination of the cause of death; postmortem examination. 2. a critical analysis of something after it has taken place or been completed. v.t. 3. to perform an autopsy on. [1645?55;