perform a postmortem examination

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• autopsied — au·top·sy || ɔːtÉ™psɪ n. postmortem, examination of a corpse to determine cause of death v. perform a postmortem examination, perform an autopsy (often in order to determine cause of death) …   English contemporary dictionary

• autopsies — au·top·sy || ɔːtÉ™psɪ n. postmortem, examination of a corpse to determine cause of death v. perform a postmortem examination, perform an autopsy (often in order to determine cause of death) …   English contemporary dictionary

• autopsy — au·top·sy || ɔːtÉ™psɪ n. postmortem, examination of a corpse to determine cause of death v. perform a postmortem examination, perform an autopsy (often in order to determine cause of death) …   English contemporary dictionary

• autopsying — au·top·sy || ɔːtÉ™psɪ n. postmortem, examination of a corpse to determine cause of death v. perform a postmortem examination, perform an autopsy (often in order to determine cause of death) …   English contemporary dictionary

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• Necropsy — A postmortem examination or autopsy. Necropsies have been done for more than 2,000 years but during most of this time they were rarely done, and then only for legal purposes. The Roman physician Antistius performed one of the earliest necropsies… …   Medical dictionary

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