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autopsy

[aw-top-see, aw-tuhp-] / ˈɔ tɒp si, ˈɔ təp- /
NOUN
examination of dead body
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Wrestling’s treatment of its employees is a bit too abstract to be listed on either man’s autopsy report.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

An autopsy was performed Monday, but the cause and manner of death have been deferred, “which means additional testing and/or studies were requested in order to make a determination.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

An autopsy found Noah had died from drowning, with the tunnel he was found in heading towards Belfast Lough and its tides.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

A cause of death was not revealed, but an autopsy Monday found no signs of trauma that would have been a contributing factor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

They opened him up for an autopsy and found that his kidneys were destroyed and that his liver was destroyed.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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

In the other, 2,959 participants underwent autopsies after death, at an average age of 82, so researchers could look for evidence of Alzheimer's disease.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

The Texas Newsroom obtained autopsies for prisoners named in the litigation, and three of those reports named heat as a contributing factor in the deaths.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026

Last week authorities in the South-East Asian country said they couldn't determine if the deaths "were caused by the actions of any individual or by any particular cause, because no autopsies were conducted".

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

After fourteen dogs had died, Drs. Macklin and McIlroy performed autopsies and discovered that many of the dogs had worms; the ship’s stores did not include the proper medication.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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

“Deaths occurring in settings such as hospital inpatient, hospice facility, and nursing home or longterm care were least likely to be autopsied compared with other locations,” the report noted.

From Washington Times ● May 24, 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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