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
An autopsy confirmed Vernice died of a gunshot wound.
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025
An autopsy indicated that drowning was the cause of death, the coroner said.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
An autopsy later determined the cause of death to be suffocation.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
An autopsy completed Friday attributed the girls’ deaths to suffocation, according to Monday’s release.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 9 June 2025
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025
An autopsy indicated that drowning was the cause of death, the coroner said.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
An autopsy later determined the cause of death to be suffocation.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
An autopsy completed Friday attributed the girls’ deaths to suffocation, according to Monday’s release.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for autopsy
Noun
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Munn was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer in April 2023 and went public with her health journey in March 2024, having undergone five surgeries including a lymph node dissection, a double mastectomy and a hysterectomy.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Apr. 2025
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By that same time next year, Munn had a nipple delay procedure, lymph node dissection, a double mastectomy, and reconstructive surgery.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
10 Apr. 2025
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Building in processes—like escalation paths and postmortem debriefs—normalizes human judgment alongside machine logic.—
Rebecca Jones,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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In the report, the group laid out its guidelines, which recommend taking cultural context into account when determining how to display or dispose of remains, given that practices such as cremation or postmortem display may be considered traditional by one culture and taboo by another.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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No necropsy was performed, so the cause of death remains unknown, the academy said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
11 June 2025
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In most of the cases, no necropsy, which is like an autopsy for an animal, was performed.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC news,
30 May 2025
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“Autopsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autopsy. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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