Word Meanings - NECROPSY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A post-mortem examination or inspection; an autopsy. See Autopsy.

Related words: (words related to NECROPSY)

• EXAMINATION
  1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment. 2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate
• INSPECTION
  1. The act or process of inspecting or looking at carefully; a strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny; investigation. Spenser. With narrow search, and with inspection deep, Considered every creature. Milton. 2. The act
• AUTOPSY
  Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination. (more info) 1. Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view. By autopsy and experiment.
• PREEXAMINATION
  Previous examination.
• POST-MORTEM
  After death; as, post-mortem rigidity. Post-mortem examination , an examination of the body made after the death of the patient; an autopsy.
• ANTE MORTEM
  Before death; -- generally used adjectivelly; as, an ante- mortem statement; ante-mortem examination. The ante-mortem statement, or dying declaration made in view of death, by one injured, as to the cause and manner of the injury, is often
• REEXAMINATION
  A repeated examination. See under Examination.
• REINSPECTION
  The act of reinspecting.
• CROSS-EXAMINATION
  The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See Examination.
• SELF-EXAMINATION
  An examination into one's own state, conduct, and motives, particularly in regard to religious feelings and duties.