dissection

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• /dɪˈsɛkʃən/
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• CMU ARPABET: D AY0 S EH1 K SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Latin dissectiōnem, perhaps via Middle French dissection. By surface analysis, dissect + -ion.

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: հերձում (herjum) — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Bulgarian: дисе́кция (disékcija) — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Catalan: dissecció — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Chinese Mandarin: 解剖 (jiěpōu) — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Czech: pitva — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Danish: dissektion — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Finnish: ruumiinavaus — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• French: dissection — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• German: Präparation — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• German: Dissektion — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Greek: ανατομή (anatomí) — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Ancient Greek: ἀνατομή (anatomḗ) — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Hindi: व्यवच्छेदन (vyavacchedan) — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Hindi: विच्छेदन (vicchedan) — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Hindi: चीर-फाड़ (cīr-phāṛ) — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Hungarian: boncolás — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Icelandic: líkskurður — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Ido: disseko — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Ido: dissekado — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Italian: dissezione — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Japanese: 解剖 (kaibō) — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Korean: 해부 (haebu) — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Latin: dissectio — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Norwegian Bokmål: disseksjon — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Norwegian Nynorsk: disseksjon — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Occitan: disseccion — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Portuguese: dissecação — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Romanian: disecție — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Russian: диссе́кция (dissékcija) — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Russian: рассече́ние (rassečénije) — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Russian: разреза́ние (razrezánije) — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Russian: препари́рование (preparírovanije) — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Slovak: pitva — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Spanish: disección — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Swedish: dissektion — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Tagalog: panisnisan — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Ukrainian: дисе́кція (dysékcija) — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Ukrainian: ро́зтин (róztyn) — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Ukrainian: розсі́чення (rozsíčennja) — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Welsh: dyrannu — the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart
• Bulgarian: анализ (analiz) — examination
• Finnish: analyysi — examination
• Finnish: ruodinta — examination
• Russian: ана́лиз (análiz) — examination
• Russian: разбо́р (razbór) — examination
• Russian: изуче́ние (izučénije) — examination
• Russian: иссле́дование (isslédovanije) — examination
• Spanish: disección — examination