necroscopicaladj.
/ˌnɛkrə(ʊ)ˈskɒpɪkl/, U.S. /ˌnɛkroʊˈskɑpɪk(ə)l/ Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. Now rare.
= necroscopic adj.
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autopsic1817
autopsical1822
autoptic1825
necroscopical1835
necroscopic1843
post-mortem1873
1835 R. D. Hoblyn Dict. Terms Med. & Collateral Sci. 156/1 Necroscopical, relating to post-mortem examination.
1854 Asylum Jrnl. No. 2. 30/2 Some of the circumstances affecting the appearance of the brain after death..are frequently not sufficiently taken into account in necroscopical reports.
1859 R. H. Semple tr. P. Bretonneau et al. Mem. Diphtheria 110 The results of my first observations have been confirmed by new necroscopical researches.
1988 Jrnl. Vet. Med. B. 35 677 Virological assays were carried out on some necroscopical samples to evaluate the possible latency and dissemination of the vaccinal virus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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