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necroscopy

American

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

noun

necropsy.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

necroscopies

plural

Etymology

Origin of necroscopy

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

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