necropsy

• Medizinische Untersuchung eines toten Körpers, bei der dieser äußerlich begutachtet und innerlich eröffnet wird, um die Todesursache oder krankhafte Veränderungen festzustellen.

A medical procedure involving the examination and dissection of a dead body to determine the cause of death or the changes produced by disease.

1. Postmortem examinationC1formalmedical

   A surgical examination and dissection of a dead body to determine the cause of death or the nature and extent of disease.

   Obduktion

   • The veterinarian performed a necropsy on the horse to determine why it died suddenly.
   • A necropsy revealed that the animal had a severe internal infection.
   • The results of the necropsy were crucial for the ongoing disease research.

   Synonymeautopsypost-mortempostmortempostmortem examination