Definition of dissect

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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..

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Subject :: Subject (a.) That which is subjected, or submitted to, any physical operation or process; specifically (Anat.), a dead body used for the purpose of dissection..
Myotomy :: Myotomy (n.) The dissection, or that part of anatomy which treats of the dissection, of muscles..
Aponeurotomy :: Aponeurotomy (n.) Dissection of aponeuroses.
Ichthyoomy :: Ichthyoomy (n.) The anatomy or dissection of fishes.
Androtomy :: Androtomy (n.) Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zootomy; anthropotomy..
Zootomist :: Zootomist (n.) One who dissects animals, or is skilled in zootomy..
Dissecting :: 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 :: Dissecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissec.
Autopsy :: Autopsy (a.) Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination..
Water Parsnip :: Water parsnip () Any plant of the aquatic umbelliferous genus Sium, poisonous herbs with pinnate or dissected leaves and small white flowers..
Ornithotomy :: Ornithotomy (n.) The anatomy or dissection of birds.
Resurrectionist :: Resurrectionist (n.) One who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection..
Dissecting :: Dissecting (a.) Used for or in dissecting; as, a dissecting knife; a dissecting microscope..
Costotome :: Costotome (n.) An instrument (chisel or shears) to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity, in post-mortem examinations and dissections..
Vivisect :: Vivisect (v. t.) To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive.
Preparator :: Preparator (n.) One who prepares beforehand, as subjects for dissection, specimens for preservation in collections, etc..
Anatomy :: Anatomy (n.) A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so..
Anatomy :: Anatomy (n.) The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection..
Dissect :: Dissect (v. t.) To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely..
Dissected :: Dissected (a.) Cut into several parts; divided into sections; as, a dissected map..
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