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
An autopsy was scheduled to be performed on the victim, Deputy Coroner Stephen Newton said.
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Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
An autopsy is being conducted by the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s office.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
He was pronounced dead at Regions Hospital, and an autopsy showed he was shot in the right hip, right elbow and abdomen.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025
The results of the autopsy could offer further insight into his mental state and the events leading up to one of the city’s deadliest mass shootings in recent years.
—Oumou Fofana, Essence, 30 July 2025
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Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
An autopsy is being conducted by the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s office.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
He was pronounced dead at Regions Hospital, and an autopsy showed he was shot in the right hip, right elbow and abdomen.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025
The results of the autopsy could offer further insight into his mental state and the events leading up to one of the city’s deadliest mass shootings in recent years.
—Oumou Fofana, Essence, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for autopsy
Noun
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Om Malik, a longtime Zuckerberg watcher who founded the now-defunct tech media company GigaOm, published an intriguing dissection of Meta’s manifestos as a way to understand the key to its success: corporate shape-shifting.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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This kind of pain could also be a sign of aortic dissection, or tearing in the aorta, which is the main artery carrying blood from the heart.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Traditional lineage tools are reactive, built for postmortems rather than innovation.—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Over time, with enough people who end up being diagnosed with CTE postmortem, researchers should have a good sense of which factors in blood are good indicators of who might have CTE and who likely does not, says Nowinski.—
Alice Park,
Time,
31 July 2025
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The city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene was notified and an necropsy is expected, cops said.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
5 Aug. 2025
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The dog owners are awaiting the results of necropsies performed by veterinary professionals to find out exactly how the rest of their beloved pets died.—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
23 June 2025
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“Autopsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autopsy. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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