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
About 1 in 4 coroner’s offices answering this year’s survey said their budgets affect their ability to do autopsies.
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Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 26 Aug. 2025
What To Know Kaye and Deluca's autopsies revealed Kaye, 70, died within minutes of being shot, and Deluca, also 70, died within seconds.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
The great majority of the remains were collected from about 1840 to about 1940, mostly from Philadelphia, largely body parts and organs that were considered to be helpful in medical education and taken during autopsies or surgery.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
The names of the deceased family members are being withheld by law enforcement pending autopsies scheduled for Wednesday by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and notification of next of kin, officials said.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2025
The investigations are ongoing and autopsies will be conducted on both travelers, the RBPF said.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
Police said autopsies will be performed and the investigation into both deaths remains ongoing.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 17 Aug. 2025
Six of the eight people who died in a boat capsizing incident on Lake Tahoe in June had alcohol in their systems, according to toxicology reports reviewed by The Sacramento Bee included with the victims’ autopsies.
—Ethan Wolin
august 8, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Authorities were able to recover all the bodies from the wreckage, which were then transported to the State Medical Examiner's Office in Anchorage for autopsies.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 26 Aug. 2025
What To Know Kaye and Deluca's autopsies revealed Kaye, 70, died within minutes of being shot, and Deluca, also 70, died within seconds.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
The great majority of the remains were collected from about 1840 to about 1940, mostly from Philadelphia, largely body parts and organs that were considered to be helpful in medical education and taken during autopsies or surgery.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
The names of the deceased family members are being withheld by law enforcement pending autopsies scheduled for Wednesday by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and notification of next of kin, officials said.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2025
The investigations are ongoing and autopsies will be conducted on both travelers, the RBPF said.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
Police said autopsies will be performed and the investigation into both deaths remains ongoing.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 17 Aug. 2025
Six of the eight people who died in a boat capsizing incident on Lake Tahoe in June had alcohol in their systems, according to toxicology reports reviewed by The Sacramento Bee included with the victims’ autopsies.
—Ethan Wolin
august 8, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Authorities were able to recover all the bodies from the wreckage, which were then transported to the State Medical Examiner's Office in Anchorage for autopsies.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for autopsies
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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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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 9 Sep. 2025.
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