Definition of dissection

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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..

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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..
Chondrotomy :: Chondrotomy (n.) The dissection of cartilages.
Adenotomy :: Adenotomy (n.) Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands..
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..
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..
Costotome :: Costotome (n.) An instrument (chisel or shears) to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity, in post-mortem examinations and dissections..
Resurrectionist :: Resurrectionist (n.) One who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection..
Burke :: Burke (v. t.) To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection..
Ornithotomy :: Ornithotomy (n.) The anatomy or dissection of birds.
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..
Anatomical :: Anatomical (a.) Of or relating to anatomy or dissection; as, the anatomic art; anatomical observations..
Ichthyoomy :: Ichthyoomy (n.) The anatomy or dissection of fishes.
Osteotomy :: Osteotomy (n.) The dissection or anatomy of bones; osteology.
Prosector :: Prosector (n.) One who makes dissections for anatomical illustration; usually, the assistant of a professional anatomist..
Anthropotomical :: Anthropotomical (a.) Pertaining to anthropotomy, or the dissection of human bodies..
Cephalotomy :: Cephalotomy (n.) Dissection or opening of the head.
Dissection :: Dissection (n.) Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.
Entomotomy :: Entomotomy (n.) The science of the dissection of insects.
Androtomy :: Androtomy (n.) Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zootomy; anthropotomy..
Dissecting :: Dissecting (a.) Of or pertaining to, or received during, a dissection; as, a dissecting wound..
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