autopsy/ˈɔː.tɒp.si/EtymologyFrom New Latin autopsia, from Ancient Greek αὐτοψῐ́ᾱ (autopsĭ́ā, “seeing with one's own eyes”). By surface analysis, auto- + -opsy.autopsy means A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 68 out of 100.autopsy is pronounced /ˈɔː.tɒp.si/.nounA dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death.“The autopsy revealed he had died of multiple bullet wounds.”An after-the-fact examination, especially of the causes of a failure.“This lack of built-in clutter makes the system easy to comprehend. Debugging facilities are few but powerful: snapshots, tracing, and autopsy.”An eyewitness observation, the presentation of an event as witnessed.verbTo perform an autopsy on.To perform an after-the-fact analysis of, especially of a failure.“The user may define his own errors, and use DUMPAL to autopsy the system for him.”