| Main Entry: | autopsy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examination of dead body |
Synonyms: |
dissection, necropsy, pathological examination, postmortem |
| Main Entry: | dissection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cutting up, particularly of a dead body |
Synonyms: |
anatomization, anatomy, autopsy, dismemberment, examination, necropsy, operation, postmortem, vivisection |
Antonyms: |
connection, joining, mending, sewing |
| Main Entry: | division |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | separation, disconnection |
Synonyms: |
analysis, apportionment, autopsy, bisection, breaking, breaking down, breaking up, carving, contrasting, cutting up, demarcation, departmentalizing, detaching, detachment, diagnosis, disjuncture, dismemberment, disparting, disseverance, dissolution, distinguishing, distribution, disunion, disuniting, dividing, divorce, parceling, parting, partition, reduction, rending, rupture, segmentation, selection, separating, severance, splitting up, subdivision, vivisection |
| Notes: | a part is any of the components of a whole; a portion is a part allotted to or regarded as belonging to someone; a piece is a part separated from the whole; a division is a part formed by classifying, cutting, partitioning - and so is a section, though it is generally smaller; a segment is a part separated along natural lines of division; a fragment is a small part, usually broken off |
Antonyms: |
accord, agreement, connection, unification, unison, unity |
| Main Entry: | examination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | medical checkup |
Synonyms: |
autopsy, biopsy, exam, inquiry, observation, physical, postoperative, probe, test |
| Main Entry: | postmortem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | analysis after death |
Synonyms: |
autopsy, coroner's report, dissection, examination, necropsy, post* |
| Main Entry: | post mortem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | review after death |
Synonyms: |
PM, autopsy, critique, post-mortem examination, review |
| Main Entry: | going-over |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examination |
Synonyms: |
autopsy, biopsy, check, checkup, exam, inquiry, inspection, observation, perusal, physical, postoperative, probe, scrutiny, study, test, view |
| Main Entry: | severance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | division |
Synonyms: |
analysis, apportionment, autopsy, bisection, breaking, breaking down, breaking up, carving, contrasting, cutting up, demarcation, departmentalizing, detaching, detachment, diagnosis, disjunction, disjuncture, dismemberment, disparting, disseverance, disseverment, dissolution, distinguishing, distribution, disunion, disuniting, dividing, divorce, divorcement, parceling, parting, partition, reduction, rending, rupture, segmentation, selection, separating, separation, split, splitting up, subdivision, vivisection |