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lerdmermer t1_jed4lfp wrote

If I'm not mistaken, necropsy and autopsy are synonyms, and neither are unique to the species, etc. So, an autopsy or necropsy applies to aliens as well.

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drunkenpengu2131 t1_jed55ci wrote

i was gonna humor them and say alientopsy

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lerdmermer t1_jed5edd wrote

I was gonna say xenopsy, which sounds cool.

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notmadenough OP t1_jed538f wrote

Necropsy tends to be used when referring to animals, when I've read something regarding an autopsy on an animal, it's always corrected to necropsy. Maybe it's a pedantic thing by the authors.

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OcelotBrave8818 t1_jed80rl wrote

Alien autopsy is already a well established term. And it’s hosted by Jonathan Frakes!

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notmadenough OP t1_jed8dzo wrote

You ain't wrong. I'm running a sci-fi game for some friends and they will be finding alien bodies soon, if they follow the plot hook. I was just wondering if there was an "official" term for this imaginary procedure.

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oneinmanybillion t1_jedo3sz wrote

If aliens have visible mass-based bodies then Autopsy.

Because the word means "seeing with ones own eyes". So applicable for any being's body.

If they are energy-based entities then that opens up a whole new can of worms.

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Crow4u t1_jedsxhk wrote

Wait, can we go back to the start of the energy people?

Where are they from? How do they achieve can opening? I have questions.

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ryschwith t1_jed9qnq wrote

Probably xentopsy or xenotopsy following your logic, although I suspect in practice we'd just say autopsy.

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ichigo841 t1_jed7pfw wrote

UAPs display capabilities that we can't even begin to understand how they're possible, so I think I'd call mutilation of an alien corpse "suicidal."

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