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
Madison County Coroner Adam Matson confirmed to PEOPLE that Dickey’s autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday, April 22.
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Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
No cause of death has been publicly revealed, and police got a judge to block the release details of the autopsy.
—Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
The cause of Hector Sierra’s death will be determined by an autopsy.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
Police said five of the adults had toe tags, such as those found in morgues, and that a man's and a woman's body has signs of an autopsy.
—ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026
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Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
No cause of death has been publicly revealed, and police got a judge to block the release details of the autopsy.
—Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
The cause of Hector Sierra’s death will be determined by an autopsy.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
Police said five of the adults had toe tags, such as those found in morgues, and that a man's and a woman's body has signs of an autopsy.
—ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for autopsy
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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.—
Paula Mejía,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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The Man From Colorado is a dissection of the effects of PTSD (both on the part of soldiers and their families), a satire of megalomania, and a crackling thriller.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
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Read THR‘s finale postmortems with John Hoberg, as well as with Julianne Nicholson and Thomas Doherty.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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That meant that the higher powers had the authority to enact a punishment on an unlucky criminal postmortem.—
Tara Ramanathan,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
25 Mar. 2026
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Most of the cases remain under investigation, with several whales found in areas too difficult to access for full necropsies.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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The results of Kitty’s necropsy are horrific.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Autopsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autopsy. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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