解かい剖ぼう学がく

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Meanings

anatomy

The scientific study of the structure of living organisms. Used in medical, biological, and academic contexts.

解かい剖ぼう学がくを学まなぶto study anatomy
医い学がく部ぶの学がく生せいはまず解かい剖ぼう学がくを学まなぶ。
Medical students first study anatomy.
解かい剖ぼう学がくを専せん攻こうするto major in anatomy
彼かの女じょは大だい学がくで解かい剖ぼう学がくを専せん攻こうしている。
She is majoring in anatomy at university.
解かい剖ぼう学がくの教きょう授じゅa professor of anatomy
彼かれは有ゆう名めいな解かい剖ぼう学がくの教きょう授じゅだ。
He is a famous professor of anatomy.
解かい剖ぼう学がく的てきに〈動どう詞し〉to (do something) anatomically / from an anatomical standpoint
その姿し勢せいは解かい剖ぼう学がく的てきに不ふ自し然ぜんだ。
That posture is anatomically unnatural.

生せい理り学がく
解剖学 studies the structure of the body, whereas 生理学 studies how the body functions, so the two fields are complementary rather than identical.

解かい剖ぼうN1
解剖 means the physical act of dissection or an autopsy, while 解剖学 is the academic discipline that studies anatomy.
生せい理り学がく
解剖学 studies the physical structure of organisms, while 生理学 studies how those structures function.

From 解剖 (dissection) + 学 (study, -ology). The term was coined in the Meiji period as a translation of Western 'anatomy'.