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an examination or autopsy of a dead body to determine the cause of death
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The veterinarian performed a necropsy to determine the cause of death in the animal.
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The vet did a necropsy to figure out why the pet died.
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The doc did a necropsy to see what happened to the poor critter.
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Sometimes we need to do a necropsy on failed projects to understand where things went wrong.