dissect
dissect
Definition
dis·sect (di sekt′; alsodī sekt′, dī′sekt′)
transitive verb
- to cut apart piece by piece; separate into parts, as a body for purposes of study; anatomize
- to examine or analyze closely
Etymology: < L dissectus, pp. of dissecare, to cut apart < dis-, apart + secare, to cut: see saw
dissect
Synonyms
dissect
v.
To anatomize
dismember, quarter, operate, perform an autopsy; see cut 1, divide 1.To examine
scrutinize, investigate, inspect; see analyze 1, examine 1.
dissect
Usage Examples
Object
- forceps: Control the bedding of each loop of the suture line with the dissecting forceps.
- eyeball: PaulM: We started talking about The One because Martin dissected an eyeball.
- cadaver: Galen himself couldn't dissect human cadavers, because Romans were even more appalled by the notion than the Greeks.
- microscope: I recently had occasion to examine one of the stereo dissecting microscopes from China.
- aneurysm: The majority of people with an untreated dissecting aneurysm will die within a few weeks.
- plateau: It lies on the northern edge of a vast undulating plateau dissected by forested rocky valleys.
Subject
- valley: The entire mountain is deeply dissected by valleys radiating from the peaks, which are largely attributed to glacial erosion.
- stream: Both ridges are much dissected by numerous streams, flowing generally at right angles to the main trend of the country.
- river: All the partners were regions dissected by rivers, or in the case of Greater Bergen, fjords.
Modifying Another Word
- deeply: The entire mountain is deeply dissected by valleys radiating from the peaks, which are largely attributed to glacial erosion.
- carefully: Each examined tooth was carefully dissected from the upper jaw.
- then: Dissect 50 % of what is printed and then dissect that by the same amount was the advice given.
- n't: Of course everyone is entitled to their opinion but do n't dissect the team or the performance quite yet.
- only: So far we have only dissected the conflict and shown its ramifications.
- not: Single sex schools are not dissected in this way.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- out: Should they be cut out, or tied off, injected, dilated, or should they be dissected out very carefully?
Used with why or when
- what: They could be used to dissect what Mbd3 is needed for.
Preposition: by
- valley: The entire mountain is deeply dissected by valleys radiating from the peaks, which are largely attributed to glacial erosion.
- stream: Both ridges are much dissected by numerous streams, flowing generally at right angles to the main trend of the country.
- river: All the partners were regions dissected by rivers, or in the case of Greater Bergen, fjords.
Browse dictionary entries near dissect
