0 the cutting open and examination of a dead body in order to discover the cause of death:
1 the act of cutting open and examining a dead body in order to discover the cause of death:
In the era of high-precision cross-sectional echocardiography, it now seems redundant to continue using normal data obtained from formalin-fixed autopsy specimens.
At autopsy, the heart weighed 160 grams with marked enlargement of the right atrium, right ventricle and moderate enlargement of left ventricle.
The autopsy established the existence of marks produced by blows from a hard instrument on his face, legs and the soles of his feet.
Cause-specific mortality data were collected by verbal autopsy interviews for all notified deaths of both the resident and non-resident household members.
Even after death, by means of the autopsy, the clinician seeks to subtract from death the secrets it keeps within.
The pulmonary valve was not patent at autopsy three weeks later.
The infections in animals destined for autopsy on day 30 were restricted to 100 and below to limit possible mortality.
At autopsy, lesions on the surface of the livers and lungs were examined morphologically.