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      • An autopsy (also referred to as post-mortem examination, obduction, necropsy, or autopsia cadaverum) is a surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse by dissection to determine the cause, mode, and manner of death; or the exam may be performed to evaluate any disease or injury that may be present for research or educational purposes.
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  2. transitive verb. : to perform an autopsy on. Did you know? Human autopsies are generally performed either to determine the cause of death or to observe the deadly effects of a disease for research or education purposes.

  3. Mar 19, 2019 · In both instances, the procedure is the dissection of a body to determine why the individual died. Here at Cornell Wildlife Health Lab, we perform necropsies to determine the cause of death so that we can keep an eye out for diseases and toxins that can impact wildlife, domestic animals or humans.

  4. A postmortem examination of a body, which helps determine cause of death and identify any diseases that had not been detected while the patient was alive, or which confirms the presence of conditions diagnosed before the patient died.

  5. An autopsy is the examination of the body of a dead person and is performed primarily to determine the cause of death, to identify or characterize the extent of disease states, or to determine whether a treatment has been effective.

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    An autopsy (also referred to as post-mortem examination, obduction, necropsy, or autopsia cadaverum) is a surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse by dissection to determine the cause, mode, and manner of death; or the exam may be performed to evaluate any disease or injury that may be present for research or ...

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  7. Jun 1, 2015 · June 1, 2015 at 6:00 am. Autopsy and Necropsy (nouns, “AWE-top-see” and “NEH-crop-see”) These words describe examinations of a dead body to find the cause of death. Autopsy is the term for examining dead people. Necropsy refers to such probes in other animals. Both types try to find out how an individual died.

  8. A necropsy is a surgical examination of a dead body, most commonly a dead animal, in order to learn why the animal died. A more common word for necropsy is autopsy. Either way, it's the dissection of a corpse performed to learn something about the cause of death or about a particular disease.

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