as in dissections
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 autopsies
The office will also charge more for copies of autopsies, toxicology and coroner’s reports.
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Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
The mother and son were taken to the Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for autopsies.
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Cbs Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
The New Mexico team also looked at brain tissue collected during autopsies in 1997, 2016 and 2024 and found rising concentrations of microplastics over time.
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Michael Hawthorne,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
The tribe had to pay for tow trucks to remove them—as well as for medical care for any smugglers and migrants who were injured in the area, and for autopsies for those who were found dead.
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Geraldo L. Cadava,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner was expected to conduct autopsies on the victims.
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2026
The Cowlitz County Coroner's Office conducted the autopsies for 10 of the victims.
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Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
Tarrant County Medical Examiner Nazim Peerwani conducted the autopsies, according to reports from the time.
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Tanya Babbar,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 June 2026
What items accompanied the babies Most of the autopsies didn’t just list medical findings.
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Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
18 May 2026
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
The mother and son were taken to the Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for autopsies.
—
Cbs Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
The New Mexico team also looked at brain tissue collected during autopsies in 1997, 2016 and 2024 and found rising concentrations of microplastics over time.
—
Michael Hawthorne,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
The tribe had to pay for tow trucks to remove them—as well as for medical care for any smugglers and migrants who were injured in the area, and for autopsies for those who were found dead.
—
Geraldo L. Cadava,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner was expected to conduct autopsies on the victims.
—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2026
The Cowlitz County Coroner's Office conducted the autopsies for 10 of the victims.
—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
Tarrant County Medical Examiner Nazim Peerwani conducted the autopsies, according to reports from the time.
—
Tanya Babbar,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 June 2026
What items accompanied the babies Most of the autopsies didn’t just list medical findings.
—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for autopsies
Noun
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After a casino owner turned TV star first became President of the United States, media networks further beefed up their political coverage by treating it like entertainment, amplifying juicy play-by-plays over granular dissections of policy.
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My father founded private hospitals south of Johannesburg, and my mother lectured anatomy, presiding over dissections and preparing meat dishes at home with the same attentive care — removing sinew and fat with a dedicated set of kitchen scalpels.
Noun
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Of 50 cormorants submitted to the lab for necropsies from May 2025 to April 2026, 46 were juvenile, one was an adult and the rest were in a condition too poor to determine.
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The necropsies also revealed pneumonia and infections from a broad array of pathogens.
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“Autopsies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autopsies. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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