Definition of "necropsy" []

• See autopsy. (noun)

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• "The only difference between a necropsy and an autopsy is that the word necropsy is more usually applied to animals."
• "It took me YEARS to forget the smell of the dolphin necropsy I once observed! ("
• "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."