Editing Autopsy (section)

==Etymology==

===Autopsy===

The term "autopsy" derives from the [[Ancient Greek]] αὐτοψία ''autopsia'', "to see for oneself", derived from αὐτός (''autos'', "oneself") and ὄψις (''opsis'', "sight, view").<ref name="Rothenberg">{{cite book|last=Rothenberg|first=Kelly|title=Forensic Science|url=https://archive.org/details/forensicscience00emba|url-access=limited|chapter=The Autopsy Through History|editor=Ayn Embar-seddon, Allan D. Pass|publisher=Salem Press|year=2008|page=[https://archive.org/details/forensicscience00emba/page/n119 100]|isbn=978-1-58765-423-7}}</ref> The word has been in use since around the 17th century.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Clark MJ | year = 2005 | title = Historical Keyword 'autopsy' | journal = The Lancet | volume = 366 | issue = 9499| pages = 1767 | doi = 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67715-X | pmid = 16298206 }}</ref>

===Post-mortem===

The term "post-mortem" derives from the [[Latin]] ''post'', 'after', and ''mortem'', 'death'. It was first recorded in 1734.<ref name="Post">{{cite web|url= https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=post-mortem|website= [[Online Etymology Dictionary]] |title=post-mortem (adj.) |access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref>

===Necropsy===
The term "necropsy" is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] νεκρός (''nekrós'', "dead") and ὄψις (''opsis'', 'sight, view').<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hirst |first1=Gertrude M. |last2=Colson |first2=F. H. |date=1929 |title=Stories and Legends. A First Greek Reader, with Notes, Vocabulary and Exercises |journal=The Classical Weekly |volume=22 |issue=12 |pages=96 |doi=10.2307/4389260 |jstor=4389260 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1016/B978-0-12-380920-9.00004-3 |chapter=Euthanasia and Necropsy |title=The Laboratory Rabbit, Guinea Pig, Hamster, and Other Rodents |date=2012 |pages=117–139 |isbn=978-0-12-380920-9 | vauthors = Gagea-Iurascu M, Craig S }}</ref>