autopsy

Obduktion, Autopsie

Untersuchung des Körpers eines verstorbenen Menschen oder Tieres, um die Todesursache festzustellen.

In einfachem Englisch: An examination of a dead body to find out how the person or animal died.

• The autopsy showed how he died.
• Police are waiting for the autopsy report.
• The doctor performed two autopsies yesterday.

So benutzt man es: an autopsy on someone/something (They performed an autopsy on the body.)

Synonyme: postmortem

Häufige Wendungen: perform an autopsy, autopsy report, autopsy findings

obduzieren

Einen toten Körper untersuchen, um die Todesursache festzustellen.

In einfachem Englisch: To examine a dead body to find out what caused death.

• They will autopsy the body tomorrow.
• The doctor autopsied the victim to establish the cause of death.
• All three animals were autopsied after they died.

So benutzt man es: autopsy someone/something (The pathologist autopsied the body.)

Synonyme: perform a postmortem on

Häufige Wendungen: autopsy a body, autopsy the victim, autopsy an animal