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Definition: Necropsy |
NecropsyNoun1. An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: NecropsySynonyms: autopsy (n), postmortem (n), postmortem examination (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Interment | Exhumation, disinterment; necropsy, autopsy, post mortem examination; zoothapsis. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Health | The specific diagnosis of C. hepatica infection is based on demonstrating the adult worms and/or eggs in liver tissue at biopsy or necropsy. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Necropsy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.14% of the time. "Necropsy" is used about 35 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.14% | 34 | 59,261 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.86% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 35 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "necropsy": necropsy-proven. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
necropsy | 55 |
de fotos necropsy | 5 |
necropsy table | 3 |
gore beyond necropsy | 2 |
mouse necropsy | 2 |
necropsy report | 2 |
cadáveres necropsy | 2 |
animal job necropsy | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "necropsy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | nekropsi (necroscopy). (various references) | |
Arabic | تشريح الجثة (autopsy). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | некропсия (necroscopy), аутопсия (autopsy, post mortem), дисекция (anatomy, dissection). (various references) | |
Chinese | 尸"检验. (various references) | |
French | nécropsie. (various references) | |
Hungarian | halottszemle (coroner's inquest, post mortem, post-mortem). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 剖検 (autopsy). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぼうけ" (adventure, autopsy, risk, venture, watching from afar). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ecropsynay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | necropsia (autopsy, necroscopy), cemitério (burial ground, cemetery, godchild, God's acre, graveyard, gravid). (various references) | |
Russian | вскрытие трупа (autopsy, necroscopy, post-mortem examination). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | autopsija (autopsy, necroscopy). (various references) | |
Spanish | necropsia (autopsy, necroscopy, post-mortem examination). (various references) | |
Swedish | obduktion (autopsy, post mortem, postmortem, post-mortem). (various references) | |
Ukranian | розтин трупа (autopsy, necroscopy, post mortem), аутопсія (autopsy, necroscopy). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "necropsy": necropsying. (additional references) | |
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"Necropsy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: kekrops, necroposy, necrops, necropsied, necros, necrospsy, nercopsy, nitrosyl. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "necropsy" (pronounced 'Nec"rop*sy'): Ablepsy, Acatalepsy, Achromatopsy, Adipsy, Aerognosy, Ambassy, Anamorphosy, Antonomasy, Apepsy, Apostasy, Argosy, Astrognosy, Autonomasy, Autopsy, Bousy, Cephalotripsy, Chuprassie, Chuprassy, Clerisy, Clumsy, Controversy, Cramoisie, Cramoisy, Curtesy, Discourtesy, Dropsy, Drowsy, Dyscrasy, Eclampsy, Elephansy, Embassy, Emphrensy, Epilepsy, Eucrasy, Euphrasy, Euthanasy, gassy, Geodesy, Geognosy, Gipsy, Henhussy, Heresy, Homoplasy, Hydrognosy, Hydropsy, hypocrisy, Hysteroepilepsy, idiosyncrasy, Impalsy, Isostasy, Kecksy, Leasy, leprosy, Lithogenesy, Lithotripsy, Madegassy, Metalepsy, minstrelsy, Misy, Mucksy, Nympholepsy, Oryctognosy, Palissy, Paronomasy, Phantasy, pharmacognosy, Photopsy, Pleurisy, Plurisy, Poesy, Posy, Prosopolepsy, Pursy, Queasy, Quinsy, Slimsy, Squesy, Squinsy, Sy, tansy, Telangiectasy, Theocrasy, Thermochrosy, tipsy, Tousy, tricksy, Unsonsy, Weasy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-n-o-p-r-s-y" | |
-1 letter: crepons, pyrones, syncope. | |
-2 letters: censor, coneys, copens, copers, corpse, crepon, crones, cypres, osprey, person, ponces, pyrone, recons, recopy. | |
-3 letters: ceros, cones, coney, copen, coper, copes, copse, cores, corns, corny, corps, corse, cosey, coyer, crepy, crone, crony, crops, nosey, onces, onery, opens, oyers, peons, peony, poesy, ponce, pones, pores, porns, porny, poser, preys, prone, prose, prosy, pyres, recon, repos, ropes, ropey, scone, scope, score, scorn, senor, sepoy, snore, spore, syren, yores. | |
-4 letters: ceps, cero, cone, cons, cony, cope, cops, copy, core, corn, cors, cory, cosy, coys, crop, eons, epos, erns, eros, espy, noes, nope, nose, nosy, once, ones, open, opes, orcs, ores, oyer, oyes, pecs, pens, peon, peso, pone, pons, pony, pore, porn, pose, posy, prey, pros, pyes, pyre, recs, repo, reps, rocs, roes, rope, ropy, rose, rosy, ryes, scop, scry, snye, sone, sore, sorn, spec, spry, syce, sync, syne, yens, yore. | |
-5 letters: cep, con, cop, cor, cos, coy, cry, ens, eon, ern, ers, nor, nos, oes, one, ons, ope, ops, orc, ore, ors, ose, pec, pen, per, pes, pro, pry, pye, rec, rep, res, roc, roe, rye, sec, sen, ser, son, sop, soy, spy, syn, yen, yep, yes, yon. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-n-o-p-r-s-y" | |
+2 letters: counterspy, hypersonic, narcolepsy, phenocryst. | |
+3 letters: decryptions, encryptions, hypocenters, necropsying, phenocrysts, pycnometers, pyromancies, retinoscopy, scenography. | |
+4 letters: compensatory, counterplays, counterploys, cyclosporine, cyproterones, laryngoscope, lycanthropes, perniciously, phenocrystic, polycentrism, pyrotechnics, pyrotechnist, streptomycin, synchroscope. | |
+5 letters: cyclopropanes, cyclosporines, glycoproteins, honeycreepers, laryngoscopes, lycanthropies, pancreozymins, polycentrisms, postembryonic, postemergency, postsecondary, proteoglycans, psychosurgeon, pyrotechnists, saprogenicity, streptomycins, synchroscopes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 65 63 72 6F 70 73 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . -.-. .-. --- .--. ... -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100101 01100011 01110010 01101111 01110000 01110011 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N e c r o p s y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0065 0063 0072 006F 0070 0073 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4871698481828591 |
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