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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)  , a
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personal examination, specifically a
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post-mortem (" after
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death ") examination of a dead
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body, to ascertain the cause of death, &c . The
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term " necropsy " (Gr. ueKpos,
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corpse) is sometimes used in this sense . (See
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CORONER and MEDICAL
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JURISPRUDENCE .

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