autopsying
Investigating dead bodies
Autopsying is performing an autopsy—the medical examination of a corpse to determine cause of death.
The word appears in progressive constructions where the more formal "conducting an autopsy" sounds too stiff: The coroner spent the morning autopsying the victim.
Figuratively, autopsying can mean dissecting any failure or outcome: We spent hours autopsying what went wrong with the campaign.
Methodically cutting to examine
- examiningInspecting with care
- coronerPublic death investigator
- morgueCorpse holding facility
- pathologistDisease diagnosis specialist
cadaver · postmortem · investigating · toxicology · incision · evidence · homicide · specimen
Examining in detail
- dissectingMethodically cutting to examine
- scrutinizingExamining something very closely
- deconstructingBreaking into constituent elements
- examiningInspecting with care
investigating · reviewing · unpacking · critiquing · evaluating · probing · parsing · breakdown
dissecting
Methodically cutting to examine
pathologist · cadaver · postmortem · investigating · toxicology · incision · evidence · homicide · specimen · trauma
analyzing
Examining in detail
- dissectingMethodically cutting to examine
- scrutinizingExamining something very closely
- deconstructingBreaking into constituent elements
examining · investigating · reviewing · unpacking · critiquing · evaluating · probing · parsing · breakdown · root-cause
diagnosing
Determining a condition's nature
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- histologyStudy of tissue structure
disease · mortality · clinical · hospital · microscopy · abnormality · infection · cardiac · pulmonary · hepatic
autopsyingtreating
Dealing with medically
resuscitating · reviving · healing · operating · diagnosing
autopsyingresuscitating
Restoring consciousness or breathing
reviving · saving · life-saving · treating · curing
autopsyingdiagnosing
Determining a condition's nature
screening · preventive care · prophylaxis · prognosticating · triaging