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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

解剖学

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kaibōgaku

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Anatomy/əˈnæt.ə.mi/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"医学生は解剖学を学ぶ必要がある。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The branch of science concerned with the bodily structure of humans, animals, and other living organisms.

    "Students in the medical program spend a full semester studying human anatomy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the ancient Greek word anatomē, meaning 'dissection' or 'dissecting', coming from ana- ('up') and temnein ('to cut'). It entered Middle English via Old French and Medieval Latin during the 14th century, initially referring strictly to bodily dissection before expanding to mean the structural makeup of living organisms.

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