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Dissection : (noun)
1: cutting so as to separate into pieces
2: a minute and critical analysis
3: detailed part-by-part critical analysis or examination as of
a literary work
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Dissection : \Dis*sec"tion\, n. [Cf. F. dissection.]
1. The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection
of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of
Francis I.
2. Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of
critical examination.
3. Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole,
of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the
structure; an anatomical so prepared.
Dissection wound, a poisoned wound incurred during the
dissection of a dead body.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Dissection : Dissection: The process of cutting apart or separating tissue as, for example, in the study of anatomy or in the course of a surgical procedure.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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