DISSECTION
\da͡ɪsˈɛkʃən], \daɪsˈɛkʃən], \d_aɪ_s_ˈɛ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DISSECTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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cutting so as to separate into pieces
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detailed part-by-part critical analysis or examination as of a literary work
By Princeton University
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cutting so as to separate into pieces
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detailed part-by-part critical analysis or examination as of a literary work
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I.
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Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.
By Oddity Software
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The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I.
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Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.
By Noah Webster.
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The cutting apart or separating of tissues in a body or organism for anatomical study. In surgery, dissection separates different structures along natural lines. (From Dorland, 27th ed & Stedman, 25th ed)
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The act of dissecting, or cutting in pieces for critical examination; anatomy.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The act or the art of cutting in pieces a plant or animal in order to ascertain the structure of its parts: anatomy.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Dissectio, from dissecare, (dis, and secuare, sectum, 'to cut,') to cut open;' Diacope, Sectio Anatomica, Practical Anatomy, Necrotomy. An operation, by which the different parts of the dead body are exposed, for the purpose of studying their arrangement and structure. Dissection has received various names, according to the organ concerned;- as Osteotomy, Syndesmotomy, Myotomy, Angiotomy, Neurotomy, Desmotomy, &c.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. Act of dissecting; anatomy;—act of separating into constituent parts for the purpose of critical examination.
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