necroscopyn.
/nᵻˈkrɒskəpi/, /nɛˈkrɒskəpi/, U.S. /nəˈkrɑskəpi/, /nɛˈkrɑskəpi/ Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
Pathological examination of a dead body; post-mortem examination; an instance of this; = autopsy n. 2a.
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autopsy1805
necroscopy1835
necropsy1842
post-mortemizing1851
the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > [noun] > autopsy > instance of
autopsy1805
post-mortem1834
necroscopy1835
necropsy1842
post-obit1854
post1942
1835 J. C. Prichard Treat. Insanity vi. 248 We know sufficiently from necroscopy that the results of inflammatory action take place in cases which have any considerable duration.
1847 H. E. Lloyd & B. G. Babington tr. E. von Feuchtersleben Princ. Med. Psychol. 259 These are the..more constant results of psychiatric necroscopy.
1889 Amer. Naturalist 23 896 The necroscopies which I have made upon such swine did not all give a corresponding result.
1958 Science 2 May 1054/3 Necroscopy studies of these animals reveal pronounced urinary retention, distended ureters, and acute hydronephrosis with petechiasis, indicative of acute uremia.
1979 Jrnl. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc. 174 734 Necroscopy revealed the mass to occupy the olfactory and frontal areas of the left hemisphere of the brain and part of the left frontal sinus.
1995 Reprod., Fertility & Devel. 7 51 Necroscopies were performed on Day 8.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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