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necropsy

[nek-rop-see] / ˈnɛk rɒp si /
NOUN
autopsy
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NOUN
postmortem
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The agency told AFP "there are no concrete plans to remove the whale from the area or to perform a necropsy, and it is not currently considered to pose a problem in the area".

From BBC • May 16, 2026

They compared these records with necropsy data from stranded whales.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

The lion weighed nearly 53 pounds and had nothing in her stomach during the attack, according to the necropsy results released from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife last week.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2024

Yet Majrad’s death was especially devastating, conservationist Raza Kazmi reported: When researchers performed a necropsy, they found she’d been pregnant with triplets.

From Slate • May 25, 2024

I walked farther down the line to the photos from the necropsy, the shark twisted into the rocks like a huge white sea monster washed up from the pages of an old story.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen




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