🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

解剖

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kaibou

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dissection/dɪˈsɛk.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"生物の授業でカエルの解剖を行った。"

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As noun
  1. 1

    The action of dissecting a body or plant to study its internal parts.

    "The biology class performed a dissection of a frog."

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The word 'dissection' originates from the Latin 'dissectio', meaning 'to cut apart'. It evolved through Middle French before entering the English language in the late 14th century, retaining the core meaning related to cutting or separating for analysis.

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