autopsy
/ˈɔːtɑpsi/
noun
- A medical examination of a dead body to find the cause of death.
- The doctor performed an autopsy to determine why the patient died suddenly.
- An autopsy revealed that the cause of death was a heart attack.
- The family requested an autopsy to get answers about their loved one's death.
- A detailed analysis or examination of something that has failed or ended.
- The software company did an autopsy on the crashed system to prevent future problems.
- The team conducted an autopsy of the failed project to learn from their mistakes.
- After the election loss, the party held an autopsy to understand what went wrong.
Synonyms
verb
- To perform an autopsy on a dead body.
- The medical examiner will autopsy the body tomorrow morning.
- The pathologist autopsied three bodies in one day.
- They autopsied the animal to study the effects of the disease.
- To analyze something in great detail, especially after a failure.
- We need to autopsy the marketing campaign to understand why sales dropped.
- The coach autopsied the game footage to see where the team lost.
- The committee autopsied the budget report line by line.