necropsy(n.)
"尸体解剖",1839年,源自 necro- "死亡,尸体" + opsis "一种视觉"(源自 PIE 词根 *okw- "看见")。作为动词,记录于1889年。备选的 necroscopy 可追溯到1820年。
This term [necroscopy] was first proposed by M. Vaidy (late of Paris, now of Lille). A single term is desirable to express the inspection of the dead body; and the one in question will form an euphonic adjective and adverb — as necroscopic, necroscopical — which adds to the conveniences. — Its derivation is evident (nekros, a corpse' and skopeo, to inspect.) [William Hutchinson, footnote in "Proëmium to the Fifty-Third Volume of The London Medical and Physical Journal," 1820]
这个术语[necroscopy]首次由 M. Vaidy(巴黎的前任,现居里尔)提出。需要一个单一的术语来表达 the inspection of the dead body; 而这个问题中的术语将形成一个音韵上的形容词和副词,如 necroscopic, necroscopical ,这增加了方便性。——它的词源是明显的(nekros,尸体'和 skopeo,检查)。[William Hutchinson,在"伦敦医学和物理杂志第53卷的序言"中的脚注,1820年]
该词起源时间:1839年