NECROPSY Synonyms: 6 Similar and Opposite Words

necropsy

noun

ˈne-ˌkräp-sē

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 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 While parts of tailed deer had been found in python necropsies before, this was the first time biologists had witnessed it in the wild, Bartoszek said. —

Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for necropsy