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necropsy

[nek-rop-see]
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noun, plural nec·rop·sies.
  1. the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
verb (used with object), nec·rop·sied, nec·rop·sy·ing.
  1. 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, necropsy, anatomy, operation, dismemberment, vivisection

Examples from the Web for necropsy

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
  1. 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
n.

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

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
necropsy in Medicine

necropsy

[nĕk′rŏp′sē, -rəp-]
n.
  1. autopsy
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