病びょう理り解かい剖ぼう

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Meanings

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noun

clinical autopsy; pathological autopsy

medicine

Medical term for an autopsy performed to determine the cause of death or study disease processes.

病ill, sick

理logic, arrangement, reason

解unravel, notes, key

剖divide

解かい剖ぼう
解剖 is a general term for dissection or autopsy, while 病理解剖 specifically refers to an autopsy for pathological or clinical purposes.
司し法ほう解かい剖ぼう
司法解剖 is a forensic autopsy ordered by law enforcement, whereas 病理解剖 is a clinical autopsy for medical investigation.

Compound of 病理 (pathology) and 解剖 (dissection, autopsy).