How to say "dissection" in Japanese

• 解剖かいぼうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe common, general word for dissection: cutting open an animal or body for study, and also autopsy or postmortem examination. Use this in most contexts.
  死体したい解剖かいぼうの結果けっか、絞殺こうさつと判明はんめいしました。↗

  The postmortem showed that she had been strangled.
• 離断りだん
  nounCovers dissection in the sense of separating or disconnecting parts — its other senses are disconnection and diaeresis — rather than cutting a body open for study. Less common than 解剖.
• 腑分けふわけ
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbA dated word for dissection, autopsy, and postmortem examination — the same senses as 解剖 — but less common, so seldom the word learners want; 解剖 is the choice for these senses.

Use 解剖 for dissection in general, whether cutting open a body for study or postmortem examination; 離断 is a less common word for separating or disconnecting parts, and 「腑分け」 is a dated term for dissection and autopsy.

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• 解剖かいぼうdissection
• 離断りだんdissection
• 腑分けふわけdissection
• 解体かいたいdissection (of a body)