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
The series doesn’t shyaway from the gory intricacies of death, including decaying cadavers and the detailed autopsies Kay performs.
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Mar. 2026
An autopsy showed Dee Warner was strangled and had suffered blunt force trauma.
—ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026
The medical examiner’s office is conducting Thompson’s autopsy.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 9 Mar. 2026
Harding said it can be used for cases that don’t require a full autopsy or for families who would rather not have as invasive of a procedure done on their loved one.
—Shannon Tyler
march 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Mar. 2026
An autopsy showed Dee Warner was strangled and had suffered blunt force trauma.
—ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026
The medical examiner’s office is conducting Thompson’s autopsy.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 9 Mar. 2026
Harding said it can be used for cases that don’t require a full autopsy or for families who would rather not have as invasive of a procedure done on their loved one.
—Shannon Tyler
march 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for autopsy
Noun
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What follows this admission is a piercing dissection not of the art itself, but of frameworks of looking at Black art and life that go beyond racist tropes disguised as appeals to the primitive, the spontaneous, the corporeal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Jan Steyn,
The Dial,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The disease caused by repetitive head trauma is known to cause aggression, mood swings, depression and paranoia but can only be diagnosed through a postmortem brain autopsy.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
15 Mar. 2026
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If the Oilers make an early playoff exit because Jarry (or whoever replaces him) gets lit up, the postmortems will write themselves.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Staff contacted the wardens, who conducted a necropsy and found three weights in the fish’s stomach.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Mar. 2026
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The dog was sent to necropsy that determined the cause of death was massive hemorrhaging, according to the warrant affidavit.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Autopsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autopsy. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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