Teachers dissect frogs to teach students their anatomy.
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Dissect
//dɪˈsɛkt//
Synonyms for "dissect" (36 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (18)
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1 entriesRelated terms
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Translations
48 translations across 23 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- հերձել verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
Bulgarian
1 entries- правя дисекция verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
Catalan
4 entries- dissecar verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
- dissecar verb (to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts)
- disseccionar verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
- disseccionar verb (to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 剖视 verb (to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts)
- 解剖 verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
Czech
1 entries- pitvat verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
Danish
1 entries- dissekere verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
Dutch
2 entries- ontleden verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
- ontleden verb (to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts)
Finnish
3 entries- eritellä verb (to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts)
- irrottaa verb (to separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting or disrupting)
- leikellä verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
French
2 entries- disséquer verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
- disséquer verb (to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts)
German
3 entries- analysieren verb (to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts)
- sezieren verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
- zerlegen verb (to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts)
Greek
2 entries- ανατέμνω verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
- ανατέμνω verb (to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts)
Hungarian
1 entries- boncol verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
Icelandic
1 entries- kryfja verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
Ido
3 entries- dissekar verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
- dissekar verb (to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts)
- dissekar verb (to separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting or disrupting)
Italian
1 entries- dissecare verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
Latin
1 entries- dissecō verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
Persian
2 entries- تشریح کردن verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
- تشریح کردن verb (to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts)
Polish
1 entries- przeprowadzić sekcję verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
Portuguese
2 entries- dissecar verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
- dissecar verb (to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts)
Romanian
2 entries- diseca verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
- diseca verb (to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts)
Russian
4 entries- анализи́ровать verb (to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts)
- анатомировать verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
- вскрыва́ть verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
- препарировать verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
Spanish
4 entries- disecar verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
- disecar verb (to separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting or disrupting)
- diseccionar verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
- diseccionar verb (to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts)
Swedish
2 entries- dissekera verb (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
- dissekera verb (to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Mrs. Jackson, can we not dissect rabbits this year?
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French students do not dissect frogs. They eat them!
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If you want to know a person you like better, you have to confine them and dissect them.
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