dissect
IPA: daɪsˈɛkt
verb
- (transitive) To study an 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.
- (transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
- (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.
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Examples of "dissect" in Sentences
- The people dissected the ants.
- The frog was dissected during class.
- They did not want to dissect the animals.
- It was disgusting to dissect the eye ball.
- Do not dissect with the handle of the scalpel.
- The volcano shows evidence of glacial dissection.
- They were supposed to dissect the insects in class.
- An extension of the building housed the dissection room.
- He then dissected his firearm in search of the gunpowder.
- Dissection is usually applied to the examination of plants and animals.
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