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)
- autopsy (a dissection performed on a cadaver)
Synonyms
- autopsi
- bedah siasat (Standard Malay)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bedah mayat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.