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 confirmed that his cause of death was epilepsy, a condition he was actively being treated for.
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Adam England, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
An autopsy later showed Destinee Thompson had both fentanyl and methamphetamine in her system at the time, according to the letter.
—Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2025
Colbert County Sheriff Eric Balentine confirmed to ABC News that a state autopsy ruled 39-year-old Dennoriss Richardson died by suicide in September.
—Abc News, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2025
Codd said the Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office will perform autopsies to determine the causes of death.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Adam England, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
An autopsy later showed Destinee Thompson had both fentanyl and methamphetamine in her system at the time, according to the letter.
—Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2025
Colbert County Sheriff Eric Balentine confirmed to ABC News that a state autopsy ruled 39-year-old Dennoriss Richardson died by suicide in September.
—Abc News, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2025
Codd said the Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office will perform autopsies to determine the causes of death.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for autopsy
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Vertebral Artery Dissection Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is a tear in the inner lining of the vertebral artery, a major artery in the neck that brings blood to the brain and spine.—
Sarah Bradley,
Health,
17 Jan. 2025
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Griff’s Vertigo and Porter Robinson’s Smile arrived within weeks of each other in July, picking up my existential dissection where Luke Hemmings’ Boy left off four months prior.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
28 Dec. 2024
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What the medical examiner's office and prosecutors say Lauren McDaniel, with Forensic Medical in Kansas City − where the postmortem exams were conducted, has said the office had completed its investigation into cause and manner of death and its reports had been finalized.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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There will be plenty of postmortems on how local government leaders and agencies (mis)managed the crisis.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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The immediate cause appeared to be a building collision, but a necropsy revealed that Flaco also had dangerously high levels of toxic rodenticides in his system.—
Emily Anthes,
New York Times,
25 Dec. 2024
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The disease manifests as largely neurological in cats; necropsies show viral buildup in their brains.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Autopsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autopsy. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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