On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Autopsy. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as necropsy or examine and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Autopsy in a sentence
Autopsy meaning
- A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death.
- An after-the-fact examination, especially of the causes of a failure.
- An eyewitness observation, the presentation of an event as witnessed.
Synonyms of Autopsy
Using Autopsy
- The main meaning on this page is: A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death. | An after-the-fact examination, especially of the causes of a failure. | An eyewitness observation, the presentation of an event as witnessed.
- Useful related words include: necropsy, examine, scrutiny, examination.
- In the example corpus, autopsy often appears in combinations such as: an autopsy, the autopsy, autopsy was.
Context around Autopsy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Autopsy
- In this selection, "autopsy" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, forensic, academic, report, first and undertaken stand out and add context to how "autopsy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a forensic autopsy is carried and an autopsy confirmed the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "autopsy" sits close to words such as admiral, behavioral and cbc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with autopsy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An autopsy has been conducted. (5 words)
An autopsy is still underway. (5 words)
An autopsy is expected to be carried out on the body. (11 words)
On the same day the autopsy was conducted, 19th of July 2019, he wrote to CP (Mrs.) Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, the Director-General of Ghana Police CID rejecting the autopsy on the basis that he was not given tissue samples from his father’s body. (47 words)
A forensic autopsy is carried out when the cause of death may be a criminal matter, while a clinical or academic autopsy is performed to find the medical cause of death and is used in cases of unknown or uncertain death, or for research purposes. (45 words)
According to the BBC, both patients died a few months after the surgery, and while there was no autopsy to confirm what happened in the U.S. case, in the British one, it soon became pretty clear that the artificial windpipe wasn’t working properly. (45 words)
Example sentences (20)
On the same day the autopsy was conducted, 19th of July 2019, he wrote to CP (Mrs.) Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, the Director-General of Ghana Police CID rejecting the autopsy on the basis that he was not given tissue samples from his father’s body.
Ambrose dreams that he is performing an autopsy on his own body, and then experiences the autopsy first-hand.
A forensic autopsy is carried out when the cause of death may be a criminal matter, while a clinical or academic autopsy is performed to find the medical cause of death and is used in cases of unknown or uncertain death, or for research purposes.
Aaron Carter’s cause of death has been listed as an accident on the rapper and singer’s autopsy report.
A cause of death has not been released but at a press conference on Friday Det. Jason Hillier confirmed police are now treating the case as a homicide following an autopsy that was conducted on Wednesday.
According to a news release by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, an autopsy found that the cause of death was a neck fracture and strangulation.
According to the autopsy report, Perry was on ketamine infusion therapy, with the most recent therapy 1 1/2 weeks before death.
According to the BBC, both patients died a few months after the surgery, and while there was no autopsy to confirm what happened in the U.S. case, in the British one, it soon became pretty clear that the artificial windpipe wasn’t working properly.
After a complaint was lodged at the Pattamundai police station, the local police reached the hospital and seized the dead body for autopsy.
After he was shot by police at nearby Billabong Creek on May 13, 1865, Gilbert's corpse was hauled back into Binalong where a death mask was cast, and an autopsy undertaken.
Also complicating matters is the fact that an autopsy conducted in the US after Robinson had already been embalmed and brought back home found swelling on the brain, but no spinal cord injury.
An accurate cause of death was difficult because no autopsy examination was done, he noted.
An autopsy confirmed the Indigenous girl died from “blunt cranial trauma” resulting from an accidental fall off a swing at her guardians’ residence in Maskwacis, Alta. Serenity was on life support for 10 days before she died.
An autopsy for the 16-year-old suspect is scheduled for Wednesday.
An autopsy has been conducted.
An autopsy is expected to be carried out on the body.
An autopsy is scheduled to positively identify the remains and notify next-of-kin.
An autopsy is still underway.
An autopsy later revealed he died from sudden cardiac dysrhythmia due to hypertensive cardiovascular disease.
An autopsy report for offers new insight into the circumstances surrounding her death.
Common combinations with autopsy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an autopsy 97×
- the autopsy 34×
- autopsy was 18×
- autopsy report 16×
- for autopsy 12×
- autopsy is 9×
- autopsy and 9×
- autopsy revealed 8×
- independent autopsy 8×
- autopsy showed 7×