necroscopicadj.
/ˌnɛkrə(ʊ)ˈskɒpɪk/, U.S. /ˌnɛkroʊˈskɑpɪk/ Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
Of, relating to, using, or designating (a) necroscopy.
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autopsic1817
autopsical1822
autoptic1825
necroscopical1835
necroscopic1843
post-mortem1873
1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxii. 267 An opinion which was borne out by the necroscopic phenomena.
1869 Athenæum 9 Oct. 464/2 A necroscopic room in which will be received all cases of doubtful death.
1895 Forum (U.S.) Sept. 37 The necroscopic characteristics which assimilate the European criminal to the Mongolian..type.
1964 Biol. Abstr. 45 4821/2 Pneumocardioradiography in necroscopic study of the heart.
1984 Cutis 33 560 All of the available necroscopic material was reviewed.
1995 Thorax 50 160 (title) Incidence of pulmonary thromboembolism, infarction and haemorrhage in disseminated intravascular coagulation: a necroscopic analysis.
2000 Vet. Parasitol. 88 55 Necroscopic examinations were also carried out on internal organs and no larvae were found.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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