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autopsy

[aw-top-see, aw-tuhp-] / ˈɔ tɒp si, ˈɔ təp- /
NOUN
examination of dead body
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The Santa Clara County medical examiner’s autopsy report, obtained by the Journal, said there was “no reported evidence of physical struggle or foul play in the apartment.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

“Essentially the only way to really diagnose these conditions together is after an autopsy and to see the hallmark features of the diseases under the microscope,” Vossel said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Hyron Andrews - the former Sale second row found dead at his new team's hotel base before a Champions Cup match in France on Saturday - died of natural causes, an autopsy has found.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

His legal team played audio recordings, presented scientific articles and even a video of Maradona's autopsy, provoking the anger of the footballer's daughters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

When Henrietta died, Day had agreed to let her doctors do an autopsy because they’d told him it might help his children someday.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

Authorities overseeing the process have completed autopsies on all 69 people killed in the crash, with 56 identified so far, according to their latest update.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

We can find it on autopsies, but the public isn’t paying attention to that.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

The San Diego County medical examiner’s office plans to perform autopsies to determine the cause and manner of death of the three people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

It its statement on Saturday, the Laos Ministry of Public Security said authorities had not been allowed to conduct autopsies in 2024, and therefore "lacked the forensic evidence necessary to determine the cause of death".

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Broca is still unable to study a living brain, but he has been performing autopsies on the brains of stroke victims.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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

The bill will not effect how bodies are processed when involved in a criminal case, such as when a body must be autopsied.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 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

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

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


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