necropsy
- n an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
- Wolves wait to undergo a necropsy at the US Fish and Wildlife Service forensics laboratory.
- After receiving necropsy results, the district attorney decided not to file charges when authorities couldn't prove whom the ferrets belonged to--Tyson or the assistant.
- On the coast, a shark washed ashore recently, but a necropsy didn't find any human bones inside.