Definition of necropsy
necropsies
: autopsy 1; especially : an autopsy performed on an animal
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Examples of necropsy in a Sentence
a necropsy failed to definitively establish a cause of death
Recent Examples of necropsy from the Web
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After seven mysteriously died in the span of only a few weeks last month, necropsies were performed on three of the whales.
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The deputy dug up the dog's body and took it to a veterinarian for a necropsy, which confirmed the cause of death to be strangulation.
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A necropsy has been completed, McNeill said, and little material was found in the black bear's stomach.
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Since May 20, about 80 ducklings have been found dead in the Reflecting Pool, and necropsies showed the likely cause of death to be parasites that grow in snails that live in the water, the National Park Service said in a statement.
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The dead dog's body was sent to the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine for a necropsy.
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The dog was preserved and delivered by investigators to the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine Diagnostic Laboratory for a forensic necropsy where it was determined the dog died of blunt force trauma, the news release states.
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Without a full necropsy, which would show the presence of hook marks, in addition to more information from Selwood, researchers can only guess at why the incident occurred.
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Experts were planning to perform a necropsy on Wednesday morning to determine how the whale died.
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Did You Know?
Human autopsies are generally performed either to determine the cause of death or to observe the deadly effects of a disease for research or education purposes. Autopsies may be necessary when tracking an epidemic; they're also performed to discover whether a death might actually have resulted from murder, and if so, what evidence it might reveal that could help catch the murderer. Animal necropsies are actually more common than human autopsies, since a farmer with livestock is always concerned that whatever killed one animal not pose a threat to the others.
First Known Use of necropsy
circa 1842
necropsy
Definition of necropsy
necropsied
;necropsying
transitive verb
: to perform an autopsy on
First Known Use of necropsy
1927
Medical Dictionary
necropsy
Medical Definition of necropsy
necropsied
;necropsying
: to perform an autopsy especially on an animal
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