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necroscopy

American  
[nuh-kros-kuh-pee, ne-] / nəˈkrɒs kə pi, nɛ- /

noun

plural

necroscopies
  1. necropsy.


Etymology

Origin of necroscopy

First recorded in 1835–45; necro- + -scopy

Example Sentences

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No one can be sure the bird is a gynandromorph without analyzing its genes with a blood test or necroscopy, but the split in plumage down the middle is characteristic of the rare event, according to Daniel Hooper, an evolutionary biologist at the Cornell University Lab of Ornithology.

From New York Times