Definition

1. Verb:

   • To operate (surgically): To perform a surgical procedure on a living patient to treat an injury, disease, or deformity.
   • To dissect: To methodically cut apart and separate the tissues of a deceased organism (human or animal) for scientific examination and study.

2. Noun:

   • Anatomy: The branch of medical science concerned with the bodily structure of organisms, typically studied through dissection. It refers to the physical makeup and arrangement of parts in a body.

Usage Examples

• Verb (to operate):
  • Các bác sĩ sẽ giải phẫu để loại bỏ khối u. (The doctors will operate to remove the tumor.)
• Verb (to dissect):
  • Sinh viên y khoa giải phẫu một thi thể để học. (Medical students dissect a cadaver to learn.)
• Noun (anatomy):
  • Giải phẫu học là môn cơ bản của y học. (Anatomy is a fundamental subject in medicine.)
  • Giải phẫu của con chim cho phép nó bay. (The bird's anatomy allows it to fly.)

Advanced Usage

• "giải phẫu thẩm mỹ": cosmetic surgery; plastic surgery.

  • Cô ấy đã trải qua một cuộc giải phẫu thẩm mỹ. (She underwent cosmetic surgery.)

• "giải phẫu bệnh": pathological anatomy; the study of structural changes caused by disease.

  • Kết quả giải phẫu bệnh cho thấy tế bào ung thư. (The pathological anatomy results showed cancer cells.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giải phẫu học (n): Anatomy (as the formal academic discipline).

  • Giáo sư dạy môn giải phẫu học. (The professor teaches anatomy.)

• Phẫu thuật (v/n): To perform surgery; surgery. (Often used interchangeably with the operative sense of "giải phẫu").

  • Anh ấy cần được phẫu thuật tim. (He needs heart surgery.)

Synonyms

• Verb: To operate, to dissect, to cut.
• Noun: Anatomy, structure, morphology.

Related Idioms

Note: "Giải phẫu" is a technical term and is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions. Its usage is primarily literal and scientific.

verb

1. to operate; to dissect