different between necropsy vs necrophilia

English

Etymology

From necro- +? -opsy.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?k??psi/, /n??k??psi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?k??psi/
• Hyphenation: nec?rop?sy

Noun

necropsy (plural necropsies)

1. (medicine) The pathological examination of a corpse, particularly to determine cause of death. [from 19th c.]
   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 255:

     Anatomy theory led to morbid anatomy in necropsy studies pursued by, among others, Johann Wepfer (1620–95) and Théophile Bonet (1620–89), both Swiss.

   • 2011, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of all Maladies, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 13:

     During the necropsy, he pored carefully through the body, combing the tissues and organs for signs of an abscess or wound.

Usage notes

• The term necropsy is usually used for animals, with autopsy reserved for human beings.

Synonyms

• autopsy
• post-mortem

Translations

Verb

necropsy (third-person singular simple present necropsies, present participle necropsying, simple past and past participle necropsied)

1. The act of performing a necropsy.

Translations

English

Etymology

necro- +? -philia

From necro- (Ancient Greek ?????? (nekrós, “corpse, dead”)) + -philia (Ancient Greek ????? (philía, “affection”)), after German Nekrophilie (in Krafft-Ebing 1887).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?k??(?)?f?l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /n?k?o??f?li.?/, /n?k?o??f?lj?/
• Rhymes: -?li?

Noun

necrophilia (countable and uncountable, plural necrophilias)

1. (sexuality) A pathological attraction to dead bodies, especially sexual attraction or intercourse.
2. (medicine) Pathological fascination with death.

Synonyms

• necrophilism
• necrophily

Antonyms

• necrophobia

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• arenophilic

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ne.kro?p?i.li.a/, [n?k???p??liä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ne.kro?fi.li.a/, [n?k???fi?li?]

Noun

necrophilia f (genitive necrophiliae); first declension

1. (rare) necrophilia

Declension

First-declension noun.