dissecação
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒi.se.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
dissecação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dissection (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “processo de dissecar ou cortar algo em partes para fins de estudo ou análise, geralmente usado em referência…”.
What does dissecação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedissection (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. processo de dissecar ou cortar algo em partes para fins de estudo ou análise, geralmente usado em referência a animais ou tecidos biológicos.
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dissecação
- dissecações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dissecação?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.se.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [d͡ʒi.se.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /di.sɨ.kɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dissecação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dissecação in Portuguese?
dissecação appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).