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necropsy

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Necropsy (noun) means a necropsy is a medical examination of a dead body to find out how the person died.

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A necropsy is a medical examination of a dead body to find out how the person died.

"During the necropsy, he pored carefully through the body, combing the tissues and organs for signs of an abscess or wound." — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of all Maladies (2011)

"Anatomy theory led to morbid anatomy in necropsy studies pursued by, among others, Johann Wepfer (1620–95) and Théophile Bonet (1620–89), both Swiss." — Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind (1997)

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