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an examination and dissection of a dead body — typically to determine the cause of death- An autopsy is required because foul play is suspected.
autopsy = an examination and dissection of a dead body — typically to determine the cause of death
- Can Deborah get a copy of that autopsy report?Rebecca Skloot -- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- ...he was required to carry out autopsies on dead animals,Michael Crichton -- The Andromeda Strain
- He refused to allow an autopsy.Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
- The doctor gave us the tip right away-he and the police surgeon did the autopsy together-and the result is in no doubt whatever.Agatha Christie -- Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot
- Did an autopsy on him, and it looked like pneumonia.Paul Zindel -- The Pigman
- Thus Dallas officials won't let John Kennedy's body leave the state of Texas until an official autopsy has been performed.Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Kennedy
- However, one detail perturbed him: suppose autopsies revealed the presence of arsenic?Truman Capote -- In Cold Blood
- If you were older, they might go ahead with an autopsy.Darren Shan -- A Living Nightmare
- The doctor's widow was against having an autopsy done.John Hersey -- Hiroshima
- All have distinctive autopsy stitch marks in a Y shape starting at their little chests and going down to their groins.Susan Ee -- Angelfall
- I told you about the box and the tablets because I assumed, correctly, that an autopsy would show traces of the drug.J.D. Robb -- Immortal in Death
- Lab wants a brain autopsy as soon as I'm dead... if I die.Alfred Bester -- The Demolished Man
- She'd had a child previously, you know — which died, I presume of midwives' mercy — and at the autopsy it was found she was pregnant.Margaret Atwood -- Alias Grace
- At minimum there would be the regular exercise of autopsies.Chang-rae Lee -- A Gesture Life
- I'll bet you all a round that when his autopsy comes back, it says he was arseholed right into the next century."Ransom Riggs -- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
- Has there been an autopsy?Roger Zelazny -- Lord of Light
- The autopsy is scheduled for this afternoon.Veronica Roth -- Insurgent
- Yet the autopsy will be inconclusive.Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Lincoln
- On the table were what appeared to be the remains of an autopsy performed upon a large bird, possibly a crow.Jerry Spinelli -- Maniac Magee
autopsy = examination of the dead body — typically to determine the cause of death
autopsies = examinations and dissection of a dead bodies — typically to determine the cause of death
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