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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 49 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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AUTOPSY (Gr. aisros, self, and i4'tc, sight, investigation)

AUTOPSY (Gr. aisros, self, and i4'tc, sight, investigation) , a See also:

PERSONAL

personal examination, specifically a See also:

POST

post-mortem (" after See also:

DEATH

death ") examination of a dead See also:

BODY

body, to ascertain the cause of death, &c . The See also:

TERM

term " necropsy " (Gr. ueKpos, See also:

CORPSE (Lat. corpus, the body)

corpse) is sometimes used in this sense . (See See also:

CORONER

CORONER and MEDICAL See also:

JURISPRUDENCE .

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