as in autopsy
examination of a dead body especially to find out the cause of death
a necropsy failed to definitively establish a cause of death
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Recent Examples of necropsy
The organizations were not able to conduct a full necropsy because of concerns about opening up and examining the whale on the beach, said Michael Milstein, a spokesman for NOAA Fisheries' west coast region.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
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
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
The necropsy on the large animal involved a team of more than 10 people, authorities said.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
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
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
The necropsy on the large animal involved a team of more than 10 people, authorities said.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024
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“Necropsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/necropsy. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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