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autopsy

[aw-top-see, aw-tuhp-] / ˈɔ tɒp si, ˈɔ təp- /
NOUN
examination of dead body
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She requested a copy of the autopsy report, but it raised more questions than answers.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Strickland insisted on a toxicology report to go along with the autopsy, he told Boyd, “just to cover you.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The following words from Ronald Parkin's autopsy report are forever burned into the memory of his family.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

“How do you do an autopsy? What are you looking for? Why do you choose to become a medical examiner?”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

But my father’s radio station wanted to issue a news release about his death, so it leaned on the morgue to perform the autopsy sooner.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore




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