Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an autoptic manner; by ocular view or one's own observation. Also written
autopsically .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb By means of ocular view, or one's own observation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb By means of
ocular view , or one's ownobservation .
Etymologies
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autoptical + -ly
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Examples
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_Esophageal actinomycosis_ has been autoptically discovered.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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It is indeed perhaps more likely that the ancient inhabitants of the Upper Mississippi Valley were autoptically acquainted with the mastodon than with either of the above-named animals, owing to their southern habitat.
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