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
After the investigation reopened, the child's remains were exhumed and sent to the FBI for a forensic autopsy.
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Liam Quinn, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
In his ruling this afternoon, Judge Wilson stipulated no photos or other explicit images from the couple’s respective autopsy will be disclosed.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2025
An autopsy ruled the manner of death as a homicide, but no identification could be made.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2025
On Tuesday, after an autopsy conducted by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, officials confirmed them as belonging to Leary.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2025
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Liam Quinn, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
In his ruling this afternoon, Judge Wilson stipulated no photos or other explicit images from the couple’s respective autopsy will be disclosed.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2025
An autopsy ruled the manner of death as a homicide, but no identification could be made.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2025
On Tuesday, after an autopsy conducted by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, officials confirmed them as belonging to Leary.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for autopsy
Noun
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These are all original characters, who have become synonymous with their creators’ accounts, and in some cases, are treated like legitimate television characters, subject to the same dissection and discussion.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
7 Apr. 2025
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Despite that withdrawal, Ford confirmed the nation would oppose the dissection of stable trade agreements.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
28 Mar. 2025
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Given a fake postmortem identity by British counterintelligence officers — no effort to find his family is made — he is dressed in a military uniform, sealed in a cooler, then ejected from a submarine near the coast of Spain.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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Yet in Democratic election postmortems, liberal media and political leaders’ reactions have ranged from characteristic shrillness to self-loathing, blame games, and party infighting.—
Elizabeth Currid-Halkett,
National Review,
16 Feb. 2025
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Researchers performed a necropsy at the beach on Monday.—
Adrian Rodriguez,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2025
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When the animals die, necropsies are done to learn more about what killed them.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Autopsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autopsy. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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