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Determining the cause of death with 解剖

名探偵コナン » Volume 16 » Page 25

Inspector Megure suggests the murder suspect committed suicide by drowning himself. The medical examiner suggests otherwise.

監察医(かんさつい):
「ですが死因(しいん)溺死(できし)ではありません…」
“However, drowning wasn't the cause of death...”
目暮(めぐれ):
「え?」
“What?”
監察医(かんさつい):
解剖(かいぼう)してみないと断定(だんてい)できませんが… おそらく毒物(どくぶつ)()んだあと(いけ)(はい)ったものと…」
“I can't say for certain without an autopsy... but it's likely he took poison and then entered the pond...”

解剖(かいぼう) here refers to performing an autopsy on the body to determine the cause of death.