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autopsy
1650s, "an eye-witnessing," from Mod.L.
autopsia
, from Gk.
autopsia
"a seeing with one's own eyes," from
autos-
"self" (comb. form) +
opsis
"a sight" (see
eye
). Sense of "dissection of a body to determine cause of death" is first recorded 1670s.
