Pulmonary docimasia

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA medical examination of a dead baby's lungs using a microscope, to determine whether air had entered them, and thus whether it was a case of infanticide.

Synonyms

pneumography necropsy cardiopulmonectomy bioscopy monstricide pneumorrhagia mediastinoscopy pneumo pulmonology autopsy stillbirth medianoscopy

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