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necropsy

[nek-rop-see] / ˈnɛk rɒp si /
NOUN
autopsy
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NOUN
postmortem
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Employees of the center performed a necropsy of the body on Saturday morning.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025

Officials performed a necropsy, an autopsy for animals, and tissue samples were taken to be analysed.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 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

The necropsy, an autopsy on an animal, was conducted on Tuesday, Gomez said.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

He put on his orange Racal space suit and opened up the monkeys under the necropsy tent, feeling frustrated and sad, especially when all the monkeys turned out to be healthy.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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