necropsy

• Procédure médicale consistant à examiner et à ouvrir un corps mort afin de déterminer la cause du décès ou les modifications dues à une maladie.

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.

   Nécropsie

   • 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.

   Synonymesautopsypost-mortempostmortempostmortem examination