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autopsy

noun as in examination of dead body

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The autopsy showed she was around seven weeks pregnant.

New York City's chief medical examiner said the shooter's autopsy confirmed that he had "low-stage CTE" and the diagnosis was "unambiguous".

From BBC

So “Megadoc” is not an autopsy of disaster along the lines of “Hearts of Darkness” or “Burden of Dreams” or “American Movie” or “Jodorowsky’s Dune,” all tales of filmmakers tipping over into tragedy.

An autopsy determined that there was no sign of trauma to the children's bodies, like broken bones, though it was clear they had been killed by someone else.

From BBC

In the early days of research, dementia was diagnosed only in autopsies, and later through spinal fluid or PET scans.

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