as in dissection
examination of a dead body especially to find out the cause of death
the autopsy revealed an advanced stage of cancer
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Recent Examples of autopsy
An autopsy showed that McLaughlin died from cerebral damage and constriction of the neck, the Associated Press reports.
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Kc Baker, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
More charges may be filed once a medical examiner completes Manzano's autopsy.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 12 Feb. 2025
State of play: Witzel's autopsy concludes that methamphetamine toxicity was the cause of death.
—Megan Stringer, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
Rita, 69, had a gunshot wound to the back of her head, her autopsy found.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2025
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Kc Baker, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
More charges may be filed once a medical examiner completes Manzano's autopsy.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 12 Feb. 2025
State of play: Witzel's autopsy concludes that methamphetamine toxicity was the cause of death.
—Megan Stringer, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
Rita, 69, had a gunshot wound to the back of her head, her autopsy found.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for autopsy
Noun
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That his work, a deft dissection of the dangers of power and the mutability of empire, remains as relevant as ever would have seemed so obvious to him as to not bear mentioning.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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Lee Chang-dong adopts a novella by Haruki Murakami into a riveting dissection of class and gender in modern Korea.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Whether it‘s picking apart the factors that led to the chain filing for bankruptcy (and the postmortem of its endless-shrimp disaster), recruiting top talent for his C-suite, or ensuring more restaurants don’t have to close, Adamolekun has plenty of issues to bait his temper.—
Chris Morris,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2025
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Any postmortem of a tough season-ending loss is going to include some lingering what-if moments.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2025
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The dolphin was then taken to the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society for a necropsy.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2025
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Officials called local tow company Nauset Recovery Inc, to haul the 12.5-foot and 1,240-pound apex predator in the back of a truck through the beachside town of Orleans to the local transfer station for a necropsy.—
Olatunji Osho-Williams,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Oct. 2024
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“Autopsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autopsy. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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