(n.) A post-mortem examination or inspection; an autopsy. See Autopsy.
Example Sentences:
(1) In Group B, at 1, 2, 4, 9 and 12 months post infection two cats were necropsied.
(2) Therefore, two-dimensional echocardiographic findings in 22 patients with perivalvular abscess found at surgery or necropsy were compared with those in 24 patients without abscess in a retrospective but blinded study.
(3) Defects of mitochondrial DNA have been found at necropsy in the myocardium of patients with Kearns-Sayre syndrome.
(4) At necropsy, specimens were collected for histological examination, rickettsial immunofluorescence, rickettsial titration, and antirickettsial antibody titration.
(5) At necropsy 1 of the 21 animals exhibited tuberculous lesions, and acid-fast microorganisms were identified on direct smears of lymphatic tissue of a second animal.
(6) The frequency of strokes was studied in chronic chagasic and years of age, non-chagasic patients, older than 15 coming to necropsy in Uberaba, from 1979 than 1988.
(7) Necropsy, histologic evaluation, and electron microscopic evaluation revealed organisms in the proventriculus (surface, ductal, and glandular epithelium) compatible in site of development, size, and morphology with Cryptosporidium spp.
(8) At necropsy, the heart weight was increased (greater than 400 g) in all (mean 557 g), the left ventricular cavity was dilated in all, and at least 1 and usually 2 or 3 (86%) major epicardial coronary arteries were narrowed greater than 75% in cross-sectional area by atherosclerotic plaque.
(9) Retrospective analysis of necropsy findings of 705 woodchucks was performed to determine the prevalence and morphology of immune-mediated glomerulonephritis, its relationship to woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV) infection, and the presence of major WHV antigens.
(10) Fibrous bands have been described in the elastic (conducting) pulmonary arteries in 38 cases at necropsy, which represents a necropsy incidence of 14.4%.
(11) At necropsy, a heart with normal dimensions was found with scanty small cicatrices in the myocardium, probably resulting of past myocarditis.
(12) The prevalence of hepatic pseudolipomas was 0.2% in a series of 1300 consecutive necropsies.
(13) The diagnosis was made on the basis of the clinical picture, of conjugated hyperbilirubinemia, and of the necropsy findings in 7 of the cases.
(14) At necropsy of an 8-week-old pullet a 0.75 X 5.0 cm.
(15) A tumor involving the caudal portion of the brainstem was detected at necropsy after euthanasia of a 1-month-old llama with clinical signs consistent with vestibular disease.
(16) Necropsy showed remarkable brain edema and focal transmural angiitis at the site of the ruptured aneurysm.
(17) Presence (or absence) of flukes was confirmed by fecal examinations and examination of dissected livers at necropsy of the sheep.
(18) Measurement of cardiac enzymes in blood and pericardial fluid at necropsy can provide valuable additional information in cases of sudden death as a result of myocardial ischaemia which have occurred before macroscopic or microscopic evidence of myocardial infarction.
(19) ICR female mice, 6- to 8-weeks old, were exposed concurrently to 25 metacercarial cysts of Echinostoma caproni and 25 metacercarial cysts of Echinostoma trivolvis and necropsied 10 and 14 days post-infection.
(20) Goats surviving the initial phase of infection tended to overcome the disease with a corresponding increase in the number of abscesses that were sterile at necropsy.
Necrotomy
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The following surgical interventions were performed: 193 incisions, 32 amputations of varying extent and 15 large-scale necrotomies.
(2) Based on clinical observations of pyo-necrotic lesions of the foot in patients with diabetic mellitus and on an analysis of their personal operations performed on these patients the authors support the tendency to local necrotomies.
(3) The central necrosis neighboring the surface of the pons or the fourth ventricle was removed with CO2-LASER and cavitron ultrasonic aspirator (necrotomy) and a few pellets were given in the residual tumor in four cases.
(4) The patient was healed by radical necrotomy of the affected fasciae and subcutaneous adipose tissue and via active antibiotic, general tonic and antidiabetic therapy.
(5) After complete necrotomy, continuous irrigation with suction drainage was begun.
(6) From 1975 to 1979 (the first period), the treatment of choice was low-dose irradiation and frequent necrotomy.
(7) They transported him to the University Hospital in Leiden, the Netherlands where physicians did a necrotomy of the scrotal, penile, and perineal skin and removed both testes.
(8) At the second operation for the tumor, cyst formation was clinically confirmed and necrotomy as well as evacuation of the large cyst was performed after adjuvant therapy.
(9) Laser therapy of wounds accomplishes adequate necrotomy, acts aseptically on the wound surfaces, inhibits the wound microbial flora and stimulates the regeneration processes.
(10) The second surgical operation of the recurrent tumor, with necrotomy and evacuation of the large cyst were performed after adjuvant therapy.
(11) 24 hours after necrotomy and bilateral orchiectomy, the necrotizing process had not spread.
(12) A high effectiveness of early necrotomies in the prophylaxis of such deformities is emphasized.
(13) The necrotomy of brain stem glioma and local administration of anti-tumor-agents in residual tumor showed excellent results in some cases.
(14) The surgical principle involved necrotomy, continuous post-operative bursal lavage or biliary sanitation and (or) pancreas drainage in the case of interstitial oedematous pancreatitis.