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Dictionary: dis·sect   (dĭ-sĕkt', dī-, dī'sĕkt') pronunciation
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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verb

    To separate into parts for study: analyze, anatomize, break down, resolve. See assemble/disassemble, investigate.

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v

Definition: cut up; take apart
Antonyms: connect, join, mend, sew


To cut apart, or separate; especially, the exposure of structures of a cadaver for anatomical study.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To cut into pieces.

pronunciation The next task was to dissect an earthworm.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - skære i stykker, dissekere, undersøge, kritisere

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontleden, in stukken snijden

Français (French)
v. tr. - disséquer, éplucher (un article)

Deutsch (German)
v. - sezieren, zergliedern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διαμελίζω, τεμαχίζω, (ιατρ.) ανατέμνω, εξαιρώ, (μτφ.) αναλύω, εξετάζω εξονυχιστικά

Italiano (Italian)
sezionare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - dissecar

Русский (Russian)
вскрывать, препарировать, анатомировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - disecar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - dissekera, bildl. noggrant granska

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
解剖, 仔细分析, 切开, 细心研究

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 解剖, 仔細分析, 切開, 細心研究

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 분해하다, 분석하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 解剖する, 分析する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يشرح ( جثه أو نبته) لدراستها, يفحص, يحلل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ביתר, ניתח, בחן היטב‬


 
 
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