Necropsy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Necropsy \Nec"rop*sy\, n. [Gr. nekro`s a dead body + ? sight:
     cf. F. n['e]cropsie.] (Med.)
     A post-mortem examination or inspection; an autopsy. See
     {Autopsy}.
     [1913 Webster] Necroscopic



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  necropsy
       n : an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine
           cause of death or the changes produced by disease [syn: {autopsy},
            {postmortem}, {PM}, {postmortem examination}]