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
The Alameda County Coroners' Bureau will conduct autopsies and toxicology tests on the fatality victims, officials said.
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
To get those answers, two autopsies would be performed: one, two days after Melissa's death, and then another, about two weeks later while lab work was completed.
—Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2024
An autopsy conducted on the victim later ruled that the cause of death was acute mixed ethanol and cocaine toxicity.
—Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2024
An autopsy will be conducted on Kim's body, the sheriff's office said.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
To get those answers, two autopsies would be performed: one, two days after Melissa's death, and then another, about two weeks later while lab work was completed.
—Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2024
An autopsy conducted on the victim later ruled that the cause of death was acute mixed ethanol and cocaine toxicity.
—Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2024
An autopsy will be conducted on Kim's body, the sheriff's office said.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
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Rarest Whale Hailed as 'Unbelievable' in Once-in-a-Lifetime Study By Shannon McDonagh Freelance News Reporter 0 Scientists in New Zealand have begun a historic dissection of the rarest whale species in the world.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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So now’s as good a time as any to catch up on this fascinating dissection of the Jedi Order and, yeah, some cool-ass lightsaber fights.Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 20 July 2024
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After the fall, the bird was found to have had severe pigeon herpesvirus and four different anticoagulant rodenticides, or rat poison, within his system, according to the postmortem testing results released by the Central Park Zoo on March 25.Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
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What is certain is that the partnership could have conducted a more empathetic postmortem.Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024
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The elusive specimen, like the one collected in August, will undergo a necropsy to determine cause of death and later be preserved for future study, becoming part of the Scripps’ Marine Vertebrate Collection, one of the largest collections of deep-sea fish in the world.Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
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Nearly all the dead sawfish have had necropsies performed by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s sawfish research program based at its Charlotte Harbor Field Laboratory.Jenny Staletovich, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2024
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“Autopsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autopsy. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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