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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 autopsy also does not include what is arguably the most important part: its conclusion.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

The government sought to exhume Dossett’s body for a more-thorough autopsy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

However, attorneys said they were still gathering evidence, with a prosecutor telling the judge that autopsy reports were still pending.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

On Wednesday, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner announced the teen's cause of death and released her autopsy report, which had been barred from public disclosure at the police's behest.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

The autopsy report she later received showed my father had had ninety-percent blockage of the arteries before he died of a heart attack at the age of seventy-four.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan




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