生せい体たい

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Meanings

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

living body; organism

Refers to a living organism or the physical body of a living being, often used in biological, medical, or technical contexts.

〈物もの〉を生せい体たいに投とう与よするto administer something to a living body
新しん薬やくを生せい体たいに投とう与よする前まえに安あん全ぜん性せいを確かく認にんする。
Safety is confirmed before administering the new drug to a living body.
生せい体たいから〈物もの〉を採さい取しゅするto extract/collect something from a living body
研けん究きゅう者しゃは生せい体たいから組そ織しきサンプルを採さい取しゅした。
The researcher collected tissue samples from a living body.
〈物もの〉が生せい体たいに及およぼす影えい響きょうthe effect that something has on a living body
この化か学がく物ぶっ質しつが生せい体たいに及およぼす影えい響きょうを調ちょう査さした。
The effect of this chemical substance on a living body was investigated.

生せい物ぶつN3
生物 is the general term for any living thing or organism, while 生体 specifically emphasizes the living, functioning body itself, often in biological or medical contexts.

死し体たいN2
死体 is a dead body, the direct opposite of 生体, which refers to a living, functioning body.

身しん体たいN3
身体 refers to the physical body of a person or animal regardless of whether it is alive, whereas 生体 specifically stresses that the body is alive and biologically active.

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Compound of 生 (sei, 'life, living') and 体 (tai, 'body'). The term is a modern Sino-Japanese coinage used primarily in scientific and medical fields.