as in autopsy
examination of a dead body especially to find out the cause of death
a necropsy failed to definitively establish a cause of death
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Recent Examples of necropsy
The dolphin was then taken to the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society for a necropsy.
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2025
Officials called local tow company Nauset Recovery Inc, to haul the 12.5-foot and 1,240-pound apex predator in the back of a truck through the beachside town of Orleans to the local transfer station for a necropsy.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
This discovery came after a necropsy was done on one of the dead javelinas.
—Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2025
The immediate cause appeared to be a building collision, but a necropsy revealed that Flaco also had dangerously high levels of toxic rodenticides in his system.
—Emily Anthes, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2025
Officials called local tow company Nauset Recovery Inc, to haul the 12.5-foot and 1,240-pound apex predator in the back of a truck through the beachside town of Orleans to the local transfer station for a necropsy.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
This discovery came after a necropsy was done on one of the dead javelinas.
—Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2025
The immediate cause appeared to be a building collision, but a necropsy revealed that Flaco also had dangerously high levels of toxic rodenticides in his system.
—Emily Anthes, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for necropsy
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“Necropsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/necropsy. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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