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Chiastolite :: Chiastolite (n.) A variety of andalusite; -- called also macle. The tessellated appearance of a cross section is due to the symmetrical arrangement of impurities in the crystal.

Dissected :: Dissected (a.) Cut into several parts; divided into sections; as, a dissected map..

Subsulphate :: Substyle (n.) A right line on which the style, or gnomon, of a dial is erected; being the common section of the face of the dial and a plane perpendicular to it passing through the style..

Arteriotomy :: Arteriotomy (n.) That part of anatomy which treats of the dissection of the arteries.

Conoid :: Conoid (n.) A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic conoid, etc.; -- more commonly called paraboloid, ellipsoid, etc..

Directrix :: Directrix (n.) A straight line so situated with respect to a conic section that the distance of any point of the curve from it has a constant ratio to the distance of the same point from the focus.

Microtome :: Microtome (n.) An instrument for making very thin sections for microscopical examination.

Neurotomy :: Neurotomy (n.) The dissection, or anatomy, of the nervous system..

Bistort :: Bistort (n.) An herbaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, section Bistorta; snakeweed; adderwort. Its root is used in medicine as an astringent..

Herpetotomy :: Herpetotomy (n.) The anatomy or dissection of reptiles.

Costotome :: Costotome (n.) An instrument (chisel or shears) to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity, in post-mortem examinations and dissections..

Macle :: Macle (n.) Chiastolite; -- so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross section. See Chiastolite.

Profile :: Profile (n.) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of moldings and the like..

Paraboloid :: Paraboloid (n.) The solid generated by the rotation of a parabola about its axis; any surface of the second order whose sections by planes parallel to a given line are parabolas.

Preparator :: Preparator (n.) One who prepares beforehand, as subjects for dissection, specimens for preservation in collections, etc..

Anthropotomy :: Anthropotomy (n.) The anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy.

Androtomy :: Androtomy (n.) Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zootomy; anthropotomy..

Section :: Section (n.) A part separated from something; a division; a portion; a slice.

Isothermobath :: Isothermobath (n.) A line drawn through points of equal temperature in a vertical section of the ocean.

Bird''s-beak :: Bird's-beak (n.) A molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak.

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