necropsy

[nek-rop-see]

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noun, plural nec·rop·sies.

the examination of a body after death; autopsy.

verb (used with object), nec·rop·sied, nec·rop·sy·ing.

to perform a necropsy on.

Origin of necropsy

1855–60; necr- + -opsy¹

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Related Words for necropsy

dissection, autopsy, postmortem, post, examination, anatomy, operation, dismemberment, vivisection

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Historical Examples of necropsy

Necropsy protocols usually are incomplete and unsatisfactory in their descriptions of the heart.
Scurvy Past and Present
Alfred Fabian Hess

British Dictionary definitions for necropsy

necropsy

necroscopy (nɛˈkrɒskəpɪ)

noun plural -sies or -pies

another name for autopsy

Word Origin for necropsy

C19: from Greek nekros dead body + opsis sight

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Word Origin and History for necropsy

"post-mortem examination," 1839, from necro- + opsis "a sight" (see eye (n.)). As a verb, recorded from 1889.

necropsy in Medicine

necropsy

[nĕk′rŏp′sē, -rəp-]

n.

autopsy