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autopsy

[aw-top-see, aw-tuhp-] / ˈɔ tɒp si, ˈɔ təp- /
NOUN
examination of dead body
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Maccani was suffering from an apparent bipolar episode, his family said; an autopsy revealed that he didn’t have any drugs in his system when he died.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

The coroner's office in Greenville, South Carolina said crews treated a woman in "cardiac arrest" and her autopsy showed "no signs of trauma".

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Among women who had used hormone therapy, 18% showed no signs of Alzheimer's disease at autopsy.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

Her autopsy listed obesity, diabetes, and elevated environmental temperature as possible contributors.

From Slate Jul. 31, 2026

“I—” “Can you read for the court the last sentence of paragraph four, page four, of the autopsy report you have in front of you?” said Nels Gudmundsson.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

The Texas Newsroom obtained autopsies for prisoners named in the litigation, and three of those reports named heat as a contributing factor in the deaths.

From Slate Jul. 31, 2026

However, officials said they could not establish a definitive toll until autopsies had been completed and the bodies recovered from the fire had been formally identified,.

From Barron's Jul. 11, 2026

Advocates and industry officials alike say the CSB, though understaffed and lacking enforcement power, has been a crucial watchdog doing autopsies of catastrophes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

"It also appears that pathologists may have actively sourced specimens from coronial autopsies to give to the museum," he added.

From BBC May 19, 2026

Two of them made a number of visits but spent more time performing autopsies on dead bodies than ministering to the sick.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

Identified tentatively as John or Jane Does, the bodies will be transported to the medical examiner’s offices near downtown Los Angeles to be autopsied, Ukpo said.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2025

Since July 2021, Dr Fortun has autopsied the remains of more than 90 victims, and discovered multiple inconsistencies.

From BBC Jan. 3, 2024

“Deaths occurring in settings such as hospital inpatient, hospice facility, and nursing home or longterm care were least likely to be autopsied compared with other locations,” the report noted.

From Washington Times May 24, 2023

These waterfowl are among the world's most plastic-contaminated species, according to a previous study by some of the same authors reporting that 90 percent of autopsied flesh-footed shearwaters had ingested plastic.

From Salon Mar. 8, 2023

Griffith autopsied the mice and found that the rough bacteria had changed: they had acquired the smooth coat—the virulence-determining factor—merely by contact with the debris from the dead bacteria.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Dr. Henry C. Sweany of Chicago, after autopsying 700 patients whose life-long histories he knew, was convinced that in about half of the adults who die of tuberculosis, the childhood infection flared up.

From Time Magazine Archive

University of Chicago pediatric neurologist Dr. Peter Huttenlocher has chronicled this extraordinary epoch in brain development by autopsying the brains of infants and young children who have died unexpectedly.

From Time Magazine Archive




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