"necropsy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnɛkɹɒpsi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /nɪˈkɹɒpsi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈnɛkɹɑpsi/ [General-American] Forms: necropsies [plural]
Etymology: From necro- + -opsy. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|necro|opsy}} necro- + -opsy Head templates: {{en-noun}} necropsy (plural necropsies)
  1. (medicine) The pathological examination of a corpse, particularly to determine cause of death. Categories (topical): Medicine, Death Synonyms: autopsy, post-mortem Translations (pathological dissection of a corpse): дисекция (disekcija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), necròpsia [feminine] (Catalan), obduktion [common-gender] (Danish), nekropsio (Esperanto), obdukcio (Esperanto), aŭtopsio (Esperanto), nekropsia (Finnish), ruumiinavaus (Finnish), nécropsie (French), Nekropsie [feminine] (German), νεκροψία (nekropsía) [feminine] (Greek), obduktion [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-necropsy-en-noun-lS0QorRW Disambiguation of Death: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with necro-, English terms suffixed with -opsy, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 95 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with necro-: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -opsy: 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 89 11 Topics: medicine, sciences

Verb

IPA: /ˈnɛkɹɒpsi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /nɪˈkɹɒpsi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈnɛkɹɑpsi/ [General-American] Forms: necropsies [present, singular, third-person], necropsying [participle, present], necropsied [participle, past], necropsied [past]
Etymology: From necro- + -opsy. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|necro|opsy}} necro- + -opsy Head templates: {{en-verb}} necropsy (third-person singular simple present necropsies, present participle necropsying, simple past and past participle necropsied)
  1. The act of performing a necropsy. Translations (to perform a necropsy): nécropsie (French), νεκροψία (nekropsía) [feminine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-necropsy-en-verb-lBH4WQJ7

Inflected forms

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