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Word: dissect (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • transitive|anatomy|surgery To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.
  • transitive|pathology Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.
  • transitive To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
  • transitive To study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
  • transitive To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.

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