necroscopy

[ nuh-kros-kuh-pee, ne- ]

noun

, plural ne·cros·co·pies.

1. necropsy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of necroscopy¹

First recorded in 1835–45; necro- + -scopy

Example Sentences

No one can be sure the bird is a gynandromorph without analyzing its genes with a blood test or necroscopy, but the split in plumage down the middle is characteristic of the rare event, according to Daniel Hooper, an evolutionary biologist at the Cornell University Lab of Ornithology.

From New York Times