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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Aponeurotomy :: Aponeurotomy (n.) Dissection of aponeuroses.
Myotomy :: Myotomy (n.) The dissection, or that part of anatomy which treats of the dissection, of muscles..
Anatomize :: Anatomize (v. t.) To dissect; to cut in pieces, as an animal vegetable body, for the purpose of displaying or examining the structure and use of the several parts..
Burkism :: Burkism (n.) The practice of killing persons for the purpose of selling their bodies for dissection.
Encephalotomy :: Encephalotomy (n.) The act or art of dissecting the brain.
Dissection :: 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 :: Dissection (n.) Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.
Preparator :: Preparator (n.) One who prepares beforehand, as subjects for dissection, specimens for preservation in collections, etc..
Herpetotomy :: Herpetotomy (n.) The anatomy or dissection of reptiles.
Anatomical :: Anatomical (a.) Of or relating to anatomy or dissection; as, the anatomic art; anatomical observations..
Zootomist :: Zootomist (n.) One who dissects animals, or is skilled in zootomy..
Yarrow :: Yarrow (n.) An American and European composite plant (Achillea Millefolium) with very finely dissected leaves and small white corymbed flowers. It has a strong, and somewhat aromatic, odor and taste, and is sometimes used in making beer, or is dried for smoking. Called also milfoil, and nosebleed..
Phytotomy :: Phytotomy (n.) The dissection of plants; vegetable anatomy.
Entomotomy :: Entomotomy (n.) The science of the dissection of insects.
Zootomy :: Zootomy (n.) The dissection or the anatomy of animals; -- distinguished from androtomy.
Dissection :: 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..
Chondrotomy :: Chondrotomy (n.) The dissection of cartilages.
Dissect :: Dissect (v. t.) To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely..
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..
Anatomically :: Anatomically (adv.) In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection.
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