Dissection

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  • noun. The act or an instance of dissecting.
  • noun. Something that has been dissected, such as a tissue specimen under study.
  • noun. A detailed examination or analysis.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In botany, the condition of being dissected. See dissected.
  • noun. In geology, the erosion of a land-surface into numerous irregular valleys. See dissect, 4.
  • noun. The operation of cutting open or separating into parts. Specifically
  • noun. The process of cutting into parts an animal or a plant, or a part of one, in such a way as to show its structure or to separate one or more of its organs or tissues for examination: as, the dissection of a dog; the dissection of a hand or a flower.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act of separating anything into distinct or elementary parts for the purpose of critical examination; treatment or consideration of something in detail or point by point.
  • noun. A segment; a division; a part.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of dissecting an animal or plant.
  • noun. Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.
  • noun. Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared.
  • noun. a poisoned wound incurred during the dissection of a dead body.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of dissecting, or something dissected
  • noun. A minute and detailed examination or analysis
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work)
  • noun. a minute and critical analysis
  • noun. cutting so as to separate into pieces
  • Word Usage
    "But name calling and quote dissection is not acceptable."
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