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On an animal it's called a necropsy..
Actually, a long time ago, I was told it was supposed to be called necropsy also in humans. Necro = dead.
Autopsy would mean you’re doing the exam on yourself.
I don’t know why it stayed autopsy. Maybe it’s like “atom”, meaning “indivisible”.
Humans (as a species) dissecting themselves?
Greek autopsia "a seeing with one's own eyes,"
So I guess it works regardless of species. Though I'm not sure I believe this. Like how else did ancient Greeks see?
That’s a nice interpretation!
So, I did a simple search (autopsy vs necropsy) and the first three links gave me three different answers! First said they’re synonyms. Second simple said autopsy is for humans and necropsy is for animals. Now, the third one gave your interpretation. Autopsy is for humans because it’s the same species.
Now, the third one gave your interpretation. Autopsy is for humans because it’s the same species.
Hmm, that seems kind of inconsistent with auto as a prefix elsewhere. E.g., autofellatio, autoimmune, autobiography. It's auto because it's yourself, not another member of the same species.
Though there's also autocrat, which seemingly is on its own and not referring to membership or self.
Autocracy means "absolute rule by one", by "autocrator" (auto+kratos) to describe the Roman Emperor (n. Latin "imperator"), but is from multiple origins at this point. 🖖🏼
A typical "Throbbing Gristle" gig.
Thanks!
TIL who to avoid at the comedy club!
Hehehe I'm fun at parties too.
RubberDuck isn't actually a professional stand-up comedian though.
I may have confused them with DubberRuck.
Yeah but most people don't know that and if they phrased it that way it spoils the joke where details keep getting revealed one by one and it gets worse
Why is there a name for this???
It helps differentiating between doing it on humans and animals. And sometimes you want to know what killed an animal too.