Autopsie

See also: autopsie and autopsié

German

Etymology

18th century, from Ancient Greek αὐτοψία (autopsía). The specific contemporary sense (late 19th century) after French autopsie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʊ̯.tɔpˈsiː/, (rarely) /aʊ̯.toˈpsiː/

• Audio:

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Noun

Autopsie f (genitive Autopsie, plural Autopsien)

1. autopsy (post-mortem examination involving dissection of the body)

   Synonyms: Obduktion, Sektion, Leichenöffnung

Declension

Declension of Autopsie [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Autopsie	die	Autopsien
genitive	einer	der	Autopsie	der	Autopsien
dative	einer	der	Autopsie	den	Autopsien
accusative	eine	die	Autopsie	die	Autopsien

Hypernyms

• Leichenschau

Further reading

• Autopsie on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Autopsie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Autopsie” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Autopsie” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Noun

Autopsie f (plural Autopsien)

1. autopsy