Performing the dissection will give you a better understanding of the internal anatomy.
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Dissection
//dɪˈsɛkʃən//
Synonyms for "dissection" (29 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (14)
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4 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
9 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
5 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
48 translations across 31 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀνατομή noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Armenian
1 entries- հերձում noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Bulgarian
2 entries- анализ noun (examination)
- дисе́кция noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Catalan
1 entries- dissecció noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 解剖 noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Czech
1 entries- pitva noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Danish
1 entries- dissektion noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Finnish
3 entries- analyysi noun (examination)
- ruodinta noun (examination)
- ruumiinavaus noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
French
1 entries- dissection noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
German
2 entries- Dissektion noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
- Präparation noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Greek
1 entries- ανατομή noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Hindi
3 entries- चीर-फाड़ noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
- विच्छेदन noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
- व्यवच्छेदन noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Hungarian
1 entries- boncolás noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Icelandic
1 entries- líkskurður noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Ido
2 entries- dissekado noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
- disseko noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Italian
1 entries- dissezione noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Japanese
1 entries- 解剖 noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Korean
1 entries- 해부 noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Latin
1 entries- dissectio noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- disseksjon noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- disseksjon noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Occitan
1 entries- disseccion noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Portuguese
1 entries- dissecação noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Romanian
1 entries- disecție noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Russian
4 entries- ана́лиз noun (examination)
- диссе́кция noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
- изуче́ние noun (examination)
- иссле́дование noun (examination)
Slovak
1 entries- pitva noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Spanish
2 entries- disección noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
- disección noun (examination)
Swedish
1 entries- dissektion noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Tagalog
1 entries- panisnisan noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Ukrainian
3 entries- дисе́кція noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
- ро́зтин noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
- розсі́чення noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Welsh
1 entries- dyrannu noun (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
More than 200 medical students watched the dissection.
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A Danish zoo killed a baby giraffe and invited the public to watch the dissection.
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"Where's Tom?" "On a dissection table."
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