necropsy
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She didn’t have a necropsy kit to do a detailed assessment, but noticed there wasn’t much blood, which might indicate it had severe gashes and died from blood loss.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
"The truth is, we lost sloths that had a virus of which showed barely any symptoms and was undetectable even after necropsy," Ben Agresta, the owner of Sloth World, told Fox-35 in Orlando.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
They compared these records with necropsy data from stranded whales.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
Yet Majrad’s death was especially devastating, conservationist Raza Kazmi reported: When researchers performed a necropsy, they found she’d been pregnant with triplets.
From Slate • May 25, 2024
When the animal was clearly dead, he would hand it to Captain Steve Denny, who did the necropsy.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Vocabulary lists containing necropsy
Common Senses: Op, Ops, Opt ("Sight")
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