dissect (redirected from dissects)

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.

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

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dis·secti·ble adj.

dis·sector n.

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dissect

Verb

1. to cut open (a corpse) to examine it

2. to examine critically and minutely: the above conclusion causes one to dissect that policy more closely [Latin dissecare]

dissection n

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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.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	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" analyze, break down, take apart, analyse parse - analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence) botanise, botanize - collect and study plants

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dissect

verb 1. cut up or apart, dismember, lay open, anatomize

verb 2. analyse, study, investigate, research, explore, break down, inspect, scrutinize

Translations

dissect [dɪˈsɛkt] vt (also fig) → disecar

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dissect [dɪˈsɛkt] vt → disséquer (fig); disséquer, éplucher

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dissect [dɪˈsɛkt] vt → sezieren

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dissect [dɪˈsɛkt] vt → sezionare;

(fig) → sviscerare

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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 解剖

n disˈsection [-ʃən]

ontleding تَشْريحُ الجُثَّه дисекция pitva, pitvání dissektion die Sektion ανατομή disección lahkamine کالبد شکافی؛ تشریح leikkely dissection נִתוּח शोध के लिए लाश या पौधों की चीरफाड़ disekcija (fel)boncolás pembedahan krufning dissezione 解剖 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 解剖