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necropsy

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autopsy

 or necropsy or postmortem

Dissection and examination of a dead body to determine cause of death and learn about disease processes in ways that are not possible with the living. Autopsies have contributed to the development of medicine since at least the Middle Ages. Beyond revealing causes of individual deaths, autopsy is crucial to the accuracy of disease and death statistics, the education of medical students, the understanding of new and changing diseases, and the advancement of medical science.


necropsy [′ne‚kräp·sē]
(medicine)
To perform an autopsy.


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The sloth had severe signs of trauma on its body, as shown in the necropsy," said Melquiades Ramos, a veterinarian at the ANAM Department of Protected Areas and Wild Lives.
A new Marine Research Facility building houses a computerized tomography (CT) scanner with specially designed animal handling equipment, as well as necropsy space, freezers, and chillers to preserve and analyze specimens.
A couple of items should be mentioned here - firstly, that the recently released necropsy report of Eight Belles showed no steroids or illegal drugs were in her system; and secondly, that soundness problems are not confined to the US.
 
 
 
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