Autopsy
Definition
A medical examination and structural surgical dissection of a corpse, performed post-mortem by a specialist physician to determine with exact precision the cause of death, the nature of organic injuries, the presence of toxins, or the progression of acute or chronic pathological conditions. This mandatory scientific procedure in cases of violent or suspicious deaths provides essential biological and macroscopic evidence for forensic expertise and criminal investigation files.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Autopsy
- Post-mortem examination
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Feminine noun, regular structural variations for singular and plural forms. |
| Formation | Borrowed from French, tracking back to the Greek roots 'autos' (self) and 'opsis' (sight, view). |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [ˈɔː.tɒp.si] |
| Source | Knight's Forensic Pathology and Oxford Handbook of Clinical Pathology |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Ordinul procurorului a impus efectuarea unei autopsii de urgență pentru a stabili dacă decesul a fost provocat de o substanță toxică.
EN: The prosecutor's order mandated an emergency autopsy to determine if the death was caused by a toxic substance.
RO: Rezultatele preliminare de la această autopsie clinică au infirmat ipoteza unei culpe medicale în timpul operației.
EN: The preliminary results from this clinical autopsy disproved the hypothesis of medical malpractice during the surgery.
RO: Fiecare etapă dintr-o autopsie structurală trebuie înregistrată fotografic pentru a servi ca probă în instanța de judecată.
EN: Every stage within a structural autopsy must be photographically recorded to serve as evidence in a court of law.
Idioms & Phrases
Autopsie medico-legală / Forensic autopsy
RO: Disecție obligatorie ordonată de organele de anchetă în cazuri de crimă, sinucidere, accidente sau morți subite neexplicate.
EN: A mandatory dissection ordered by investigative bodies in cases of homicide, suicide, accidents, or unexplained sudden deaths.
Rapoarte de autopsie / Autopsie reports
RO: Documente oficiale structurate în care medicul legist descrie detaliat constatările anatomice macroscopice și concluzia toxicologică.
EN: Official structured documents where the forensic pathologist describes in detail the macroscopic anatomical findings and the toxicological conclusion.
Autopsie clinică / Clinical autopsy
RO: Examinare post-mortem efectuată în spital, cu acordul familiei, pentru a studia corelațiile dintre simptomele din viață și leziunile reale.
EN: A post-mortem examination performed in a hospital, with family consent, to study correlations between lifetime symptoms and actual lesions.
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