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necropsy

noun/ˈnɛkrɒpsi/

C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A post-mortem examination of an animal to determine the cause of death or disease.

A necropsy on the fallen calf helped us identify the problem before it spread through the herd.

Similar: post-mortem

Topic: Veterinary in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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