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
Bizzell added that the state medical examiner's office was conducting autopsies to determine how the children died.
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
There were autopsies, but no answers.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Oct. 2025
The autopsies shed no further light.
—Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
In a cemetery shed, the doctors performed more than three thousand autopsies, which revealed that starvation softened the bones and atrophied vital organs.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
Israel is conducting autopsies on the bodies that have returned.
—NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
After conducting autopsies, medical examiners at the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory determined Holly Parham's death was the result of a homicide, while David Parham's death was ruled a suicide, the release states.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2025
Forensic testing, including ballistics and autopsies, is ongoing.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
On Friday, Conejos County Coroner Richard Martin confirmed the identities of both hunters to Denver7 over the phone and said full autopsies were scheduled for Monday in El Paso County.
—Oscar Contreras, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
There were autopsies, but no answers.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Oct. 2025
The autopsies shed no further light.
—Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
In a cemetery shed, the doctors performed more than three thousand autopsies, which revealed that starvation softened the bones and atrophied vital organs.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
Israel is conducting autopsies on the bodies that have returned.
—NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
After conducting autopsies, medical examiners at the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory determined Holly Parham's death was the result of a homicide, while David Parham's death was ruled a suicide, the release states.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2025
Forensic testing, including ballistics and autopsies, is ongoing.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
On Friday, Conejos County Coroner Richard Martin confirmed the identities of both hunters to Denver7 over the phone and said full autopsies were scheduled for Monday in El Paso County.
—Oscar Contreras, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for autopsies
Noun
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Based on dissections of a few catfish and the timing of the sighting, researchers concluded the bumblebee catfish were likely migrating upriver to spawn and were not eating during the migration.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The algae blooms even affected whales, with at least two found dead on beaches in Southern California, necropsies confirming high levels of toxins.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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Of the whales examined through necropsies, about 40% had evidence of human interaction, either by ship strike or entanglement.—
Sara Chernikoff,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Autopsies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autopsies. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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