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Posted by draybar on January 26, 2003 at 15:06:19:

In Reply to: Re: Check your dictionary... posted by KJUN on January 24, 2003 at 19:22:54:

Main Entry: au·top·sy
Pronunciation: 'o-"täp-sE, 'o-t&p-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -sies
Etymology: Greek autopsia act of seeing with one's own eyes, from aut- + opsis sight, appearance —more at OPTIC
Date: 1678
1 : an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease
2 : a critical examination, evaluation, or assessment of someone or something past
- autopsy transitive verb

It says to see with one's own eyes. It doesn't say to see a human body with one's own eyes, does it?
Also see 2
"of someone or SOMETHING past."

Although "body" can by definition refer to a human corpse it can also be "the main part of a plant or animal body especially as distinguished from limbs and head"
So according to the definition of the word Autopsy there is nothing to indicate it means human ONLY.
Any comments?
Jimmy

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