as in dissection
examination of a dead body especially to find out the cause of death
the autopsy revealed an advanced stage of cancer
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Recent Examples of autopsy
Beisel has not yet been arraigned and the boy’s official cause of death has not been revealed because the autopsy has not been completed, police said in a statement.
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
Louverture’s autopsy listed the date of his death as April 7, 1803.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
But a doctor who performed the autopsy said the 12-year-old was emaciated and dehydrated, with multiple infections that would have developed over a long time, not a few days, deputies wrote.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
The attorney attended the victim’s autopsy and watched medical staff examine him in a sterile room.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2025
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
Louverture’s autopsy listed the date of his death as April 7, 1803.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
But a doctor who performed the autopsy said the 12-year-old was emaciated and dehydrated, with multiple infections that would have developed over a long time, not a few days, deputies wrote.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
The attorney attended the victim’s autopsy and watched medical staff examine him in a sterile room.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for autopsy
Noun
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After having already staved off throat cancer a decade prior, Dimon experienced an acute aortic dissection, or a tear in the inner layer of the body’s main artery, and had to rush to the hospital.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
27 Sep. 2025
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Bogdan, who researches bee visual processing and bee intelligence, anesthetizes bees before dissection as a matter of protocol, though he is not required to by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Detectives continued to investigate the homicide while awaiting findings from the county Medical Examiner's postmortem exam and victim identification.—
Michelle Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Conducted over the course of several months, a Microsoft postmortem on the Storm-0558 attack revealed several errors that led to the Chinese group slipping past cloud defenses.—
Kevin Purdy,
ArsTechnica,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Zoo officials said a necropsy was to be completed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine.—
Hannah Kirby,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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As part of the necropsy, the bear’s stomach contents will be examined.—
Kris Millgate,
Outdoor Life,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Autopsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autopsy. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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