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dis·sect (dĭ-sĕkt', dī-, dī'sĕkt')
tr.v., -sect·ed, -sect·ing, -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 dissecāre, dissect-, to cut apart : dis-, dis- + secāre, to cut up.]

dissectible dis·sec'ti·ble adj.
dissector dis·sec'tor n.



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