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    [Noun]  | "nec*rop*sy" | \ ˈne-ˌkräp-sē \


    1: autopsy; especially : an autopsy performed on an animal


    Origin: circa 1842 ;

     {see: |necr-|necr-} + -opsy (in {see: |autopsy|autopsy}), probably after French nécropsie;

    [Verb]  | "necropsy" 


    1: to perform an autopsy on


    Origin: 1927 ;

     Derivative of {see: |necropsy:1|necropsy:1};

    [Noun]  | "necropsies" 


    1: examination of a dead body especially to find out the cause of death;


      * e.g., " ... a necropsy failed to definitively establish a cause of death "



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    [Noun]  | "necropsy" 


    1: examination of a dead body especially to find out the cause of death;


      * e.g., " ... a necropsy failed to definitively establish a cause of death "



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     [ "necropsy" ]

    1: an old-fashioned term for "autopsy".

      * e.g.,  ... I did not know that necropsy was a synonomous term for "autopsy". 

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