English

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Etymology

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re- +‎ autopsy

Noun

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reautopsy (plural reautopsies)

  1. A second or subsequent autopsy of the same body.
    Amid accusations of a cover-up, relatives of the deceased demanded a reautopsy.

Verb

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reautopsy (third-person singular simple present reautopsies, present participle reautopsying, simple past and past participle reautopsied)

  1. (transitive) To carry out another autopsy on.