1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Autopsy

AUTOPSY (Gr. αὐτός, self, and ὄψις, sight, investigation), a personal examination, specifically a post-mortem (“after death”) examination of a dead body, to ascertain the cause of death, &c. The term “necropsy” (Gr. νεκρός, corpse) is sometimes used in this sense. (See Coroner and Medical Jurisprudence.)