as in dissection
examination of a dead body especially to find out the cause of death
the autopsy revealed an advanced stage of cancer
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Recent Examples of autopsy
The Madison County Coroner's Office performed an autopsy soon after and determined the cause of death to be complications from traumatic internal injuries.
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Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
Her family has also reportedly conducted an independent autopsy of Robinson’s remains, though the results remain pending.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
An autopsy revealed that Beaver had multiple blunt force injuries, and a toxicology test revealed her death had nothing to do with an overdose, police said.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Westerheide declined to answer follow-up questions about the Patton autopsy.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
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Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
Her family has also reportedly conducted an independent autopsy of Robinson’s remains, though the results remain pending.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
An autopsy revealed that Beaver had multiple blunt force injuries, and a toxicology test revealed her death had nothing to do with an overdose, police said.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Westerheide declined to answer follow-up questions about the Patton autopsy.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for autopsy
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After a casino owner turned TV star first became President of the United States, media networks further beefed up their political coverage by treating it like entertainment, amplifying juicy play-by-plays over granular dissections of policy.—
Paula Mejía,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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The Man From Colorado is a dissection of the effects of PTSD (both on the part of soldiers and their families), a satire of megalomania, and a crackling thriller.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
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Read THR‘s finale postmortems with John Hoberg, as well as with Julianne Nicholson and Thomas Doherty.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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That meant that the higher powers had the authority to enact a punishment on an unlucky criminal postmortem.—
Tara Ramanathan,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
25 Mar. 2026
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The dog, who was later named Winter, was transported to UConn Pathobiology and Veterinary Science in Storrs for a necropsy that was fully funded by Desmond’s Army Animal Law Advocates, police said.—
Kellie Love,
Hartford Courant,
24 Apr. 2026
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Flannery added that the pending necropsies had initial indications of injuries often caused by vessel strikes.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Autopsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autopsy. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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