bedah mayat

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of bedah +‎ mayat, calque of Dutch lijkopening (“autopsy”, literally “corpse, dead body + opening”).

Noun

bedah mayat (plural bedah-bedah mayat)

  1. autopsy (a dissection performed on a cadaver)

Synonyms

  • autopsi
  • bedah siasat (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

Further reading

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