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autopsyor necropsy or postmortemDissection 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. postmortem 1. occurring after death 2. dissection and examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Consent to perform autopsies or postmortem examination of needle-aspirate samples was requested from the relatives of 82 of zthe 133 children who died. Postmortem examination confirmed the presence of disseminated tuberculosis in both the chest and abdomen. Bell said the investigation will center on how the animal died - shoe prints were discovered near the animal, which had been partially eaten by coyotes and other nocturnal animals, park officials said - and why a postmortem examination was not ordered before the bison was disposed of. |
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