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dissect
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dis·sect  (d-skt, d-, dskt)
tr.v. dis·sect·ed, dis·sect·ing, dis·sects
1. To cut apart or separate (tissue), especially for anatomical study.
2. To examine, analyze, or criticize in minute detail: dissected the plan afterward to learn why it had failed. See Synonyms at analyze.

[Latin dissecre, dissect-, to cut apart : dis-, dis- + secre, to cut up; see sek- in Indo-European roots.]

dis·secti·ble adj.
dis·sector n.

dissect [dɪˈsɛkt daɪ-]
vb
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) to cut open and examine the structure of (a dead animal or plant)
2. (tr) to examine critically and minutely
[from Latin dissecāre, from dis-1 + secāre to cut]
dissectible  adj
dissection  n
dissector  n

dissect  (d-skt, dskt)
1. To cut apart or separate body tissues or organs, especially for anatomical study.
2. In surgery, to separate different anatomical structures along natural lines by dividing the connective tissue framework.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.dissect - cut open or cut apart; "dissect the bodies for analysis"
vivisect - cut (a body) open while still alive; "people no longer vivisect animals--it's considered unethical"
anatomise, anatomize - dissect in order to analyze; "anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease"
cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
2.dissect - 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"
parse - analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence)
botanise, botanize - collect and study plants

dissect
verb
1. cut up or apart, dismember, lay open, anatomize We dissected a frog in biology.
2. analyse, study, investigate, research, explore, break down, inspect, scrutinize People want to dissect his work.
Translations
dissect [dɪˈsekt] VT [+ animal] → disecar (fig) → analizar minuciosamente

dissect [dɪˈsɛkt daɪˈsɛkt] vt
(lit) [+ animal, corpse] → disséquer
(fig) [+ theory, situation, issue] → disséquer; [+ account, book, report, article] → éplucher

dissect
vt plantpräparieren; animalsezieren, präparieren; (fig) report, theorysezieren, zergliedern

dissect [dɪˈsɛkt] vt (animal, body, specimen) → sezionare (fig) → sviscerare
dissect [dɪˈsɛkt] vt (animal, body, specimen) → sezionare (fig) → sviscerare

dissect
v dissect [diˈsekt]
to cut (eg an animal's body) into parts for (scientific) examination. ontleed, dissekteer يُشَرِّحُ جُثَّه дисектирам pitvat dissekere sezieren ανατέμνω disecar lahkama کالبد شکافی کردن؛ تشریح کردن leikellä disséquer לְנָתֵח शोध के लिए लाश या पौधों की चीरफाड़ करना rasijecati, secirati felboncol membedah kryfja sezionare 解剖する 해부하다 skrosti, perpjauti preparēt; sīki analizēt bedah ontleden dissekere, analysere, obdusere zrobić sekcję dissecar a di­seca препарировать pitvať secirati secirati dissekera ชำแหละคน สัตว์หรือพืชเพื่อการศึกษา kesmek, parçalamak 解剖 розтинати, анатомувати ٹکڑے ٹکڑے کرنا mổ xẻ
n disˈsection [-ʃən]
ontleding تَشْريحُ الجُثَّه дисекция pitva, pitvání dissektion die Sektion ανατομή disección lahkamine کالبد شکافی؛ تشریح dissektio dissection נִתוּח शोध के लिए लाश या पौधों की चीरफाड़ disekcija (fel)boncolás pembedahan krufning dissezione 解剖 전단, 해부 skrodimas preparēšana; sīka analīze pembedahan ontleding, sectie dissekering, disseksjon, obduksjon sekcja dissecação disecţie препарирование pitvanie seciranje seciranje dissektion การผ่าเพื่อพิสูจน์ kesme 解剖 розтин, анатомування چیڑ پھاڑ sự mổ xẻ


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