NECROPSY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does necropsy mean? 

• NECROPSY (noun)
  The noun NECROPSY has 1 sense:

1. an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease

  Familiarity information: NECROPSY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NECROPSY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

autopsy; necropsy; PM; post-mortem; post-mortem examination; postmortem; postmortem examination

Hypernyms ("necropsy" is a kind of...):

examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))

 Context examples 

The Experimental Pathology and Histopathology Shared Resource provides Cancer Center investigators with support in the histopathology services including animal necropsies, routine and special histological preparations, histopathologic evaluation, and assistance in experimental design.

(Experimental Pathology and Histopathology Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)