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autopsy

[aw-top-see, aw-tuhp-] / ˈɔ tɒp si, ˈɔ təp- /
NOUN
examination of dead body
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"A review of organisational culture, human factors and safety practices was undertaken. A psychological autopsy and evaluation were conducted, and the final report of the psychologist has been received," the affidavit said.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

According to an autopsy report issued by Montour County, Dickey was diagnosed with “exercise collapse associated with sickle cell trait,” rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

A truck identified as the "Special Hospital Waste Unit" arrived to collect the autopsy waste.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

A cause of death hasn't been released but an autopsy is being conducted.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

An autopsy at the state coroner's office in Fairbanks this week found that the man had died of starvation, probably in late July.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

The wrongdoing was uncovered last year after an investigation found that between 1966 and 1991 pathologists may have "actively sourced" 177 human specimens collected during autopsies before handing them to a university museum.

From BBC May 19, 2026

In a smaller group of participants who died during the study and underwent autopsies, those with higher enrichment showed stronger memory and thinking abilities and slower cognitive decline before death.

From Science Daily Apr. 15, 2026

Sri Lankan authorities have begun an inquest into the deaths of the sailors at the southern port city of Galle while the chief magistrate Sameera Dodangoda has ordered autopsies.

From Barron's Mar. 5, 2026

Although the agency declared that they mostly died of natural causes, investigations are pending in several cases and many autopsies have not been released.

From Salon Feb. 20, 2026

"Were there no autopsies scheduled at the local morgue? Was the federal prison just a bit too far out of the way?"

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Identified tentatively as John or Jane Does, the bodies will be transported to the medical examiner’s offices near downtown Los Angeles to be autopsied, Ukpo said.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2025

In 2012, the team said it received “problematic” documents from coroners detailing how one infant wasn’t autopsied until after its body was embalmed and how another’s death certificate didn’t match what the autopsy found.

From Salon Dec. 3, 2024

Since July 2021, Dr Fortun has autopsied the remains of more than 90 victims, and discovered multiple inconsistencies.

From BBC Jan. 3, 2024

Dr. Anne Shepler, a forensic pathologist at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center who autopsied Brandon’s body, told the Winston-Salem Journal that he died from breathing smoke and fumes.

From Washington Times Dec. 16, 2023

Griffith autopsied the mice and found that the rough bacteria had changed: they had acquired the smooth coat—the virulence-determining factor—merely by contact with the debris from the dead bacteria.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

University of Chicago pediatric neurologist Dr. Peter Huttenlocher has chronicled this extraordinary epoch in brain development by autopsying the brains of infants and young children who have died unexpectedly.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Henry C. Sweany of Chicago, after autopsying 700 patients whose life-long histories he knew, was convinced that in about half of the adults who die of tuberculosis, the childhood infection flared up.

From Time Magazine Archive




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