necropsia

Italian

Etymology

From necro- (“necro-”, “dead”) +‎ -opsia (“-opsy”, “view”, suffix indicating an examination).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne.kroˈpsi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: ne‧cro‧psì‧a

Noun

necropsia f (plural necropsie)

1. (rare) autopsy, necropsy, post mortem

   Synonym: autopsia

Anagrams

• periscano, precisano, ripescano, scarpione, sciarpone, scopinare

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From necro- +‎ -opsia.

Alternative forms

• necrópsia (sometimes proscribed)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ne.kɾopˈsi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ne.kɾopˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ne.kɾopˈsi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨ.kɾɔˈpsi.ɐ/

Noun

necropsia f (plural necropsias)

1. necropsy

   Synonyms: autópsia, necroscopia, necrotomia

Derived terms

• necropsiar

Further reading

• “necropsia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “necropsia”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
• “necropsia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “necropsia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “necropsia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology 2

Verb

necropsia

1. inflection of necropsiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neˈkɾobsja/ [neˈkɾoβ̞.sja]
• Rhymes: -obsja
• Syllabification: ne‧crop‧sia

Noun

necropsia f (plural necropsias)

1. necropsy, autopsy

Further reading

• “necropsia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025