autopsy

検死、死体解剖

人や動物が死んだ原因を調べるために、死体を検査すること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： an autopsy on someone/something (They performed an autopsy on the body.)

類義語： postmortem

よく使う表現： perform an autopsy, autopsy report, autopsy findings

死体解剖する、検死する

死因を明らかにするために死体を検査する。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： autopsy someone/something (The pathologist autopsied the body.)

類義語： perform a postmortem on

よく使う表現： autopsy a body, autopsy the victim, autopsy an animal