About The Word Dissect
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Dissect
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What's The Definition Of Dissect?
[v] make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound"
[v] cut open or cut apart; "dissect the bodies for analysis" Synonyms | Synonyms for Dissect: analyse | analyze | break down | take apart Related Terms | Find terms related to Dissect: analyze | anatomize | assay | break down | break up | carve | cleave | cut | decompose | dichotomize | disjoin | disjoint | dissever | divide | part | penetrate | pierce | probe | reduce | reduce to elements | resolve | segment | separate | sever | slice | split | subdivide | sunder See Also | anatomise | anatomize | botanise | botanize | cut | parse | vivisect Dissect In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*sect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissected}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Dissecting}.] [L. dissectus, p. p. of dissecare; dis-
+ secare to cut. See {Section}.]
1. (Anat.) 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.
2. To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to
divide and examine minutely.
This paragraph . . . I have dissected for a sample.
--Atterbury.
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