necropsy

IPA: nʌkrˈɑpsi

(medicine) The pathological examination of a corpse, particularly to determine cause of death.

Examples of "necropsy" in Sentences

When an animal is dead, we perform a necropsy, which is an animal autopsy.
It took me YEARS to forget the smell of the dolphin necropsy I once observed! (
A necropsy is the term for a post-mortem examination performed on an animal or inanimate object.
An animal autopsy, called a necropsy, was performed on the bison in the field with the help of two veterinarians.
The only difference between a necropsy and an autopsy is that the word necropsy is more usually applied to animals.
But the results of an animal autopsy on each dog, called a necropsy, were inconclusive, said American spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan.
I've spent some time today contemplating why it is that what I always thought of as an autopsy is called a necropsy in all of my current working environments.
A necropsy is a less romantic way of dealing with an elephant's death, but it does, at least, contribute to scientific knowledge of the physiology of the species, which is another kind of monument.
An autopsy on the whale, known as a necropsy, would have to be done to narrow down the cause of death, Anna Hall said Monday, "but I would think that based on the wounds that I saw, it was killer-whale predation."