necroscopy
/nɪˈkrɒskəpi/ /nɛˈkrɒskəpi/Medicine and Veterinary Med.
noun
Pathological examination of a dead body; post-mortem examination; an instance of this.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in James Prichard (1786–1848), physician and ethnologist. From necro- + -scopy. Compare Italian necroscopia, French nécroscopie.
- cataphatic
- cataphor
- cataphora
- cataphoric
- cataphorically
- cataphract
- cataplasm
- cataplectic
- cataplexy
- catapult
- cataract
- catarrh
- catarrhal
- catarrhine
- catastasis
- catastrophe
- catastrophe theory
- catastrophic
- catastrophically
- catastrophise
- catastrophiser
- catastrophism
- catastrophist
- catastrophize
- catastrophizer