Dissect(v. t.) To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize.
Dissect(v. t.) To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely.
Dissected(a.) Cut into several parts; divided into sections; as, a dissected map.
Dissected(a.) Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a dissected leaf.
Dissected(imp. & p. p.) of Dissect
Dissectible(a.) Capable of being dissected, or separated by dissection.
Dissecting(a.) Dividing or separating the parts of an animal or vegetable body; as, a dissecting aneurism, one which makes its way between or within the coats of an artery.
Dissecting(a.) Of or pertaining to, or received during, a dissection; as, a dissecting wound.
Dissecting(a.) Used for or in dissecting; as, a dissecting knife; a dissecting microscope.
Dissecting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissect
Dissection(n.) The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I.
Dissection(n.) Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.
Dissection(n.) Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared.
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