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Dissect

//dɪˈsɛkt// verb

Verb

1
To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy. transitive
"She was the first person in her class to properly dissect the sheep heart."
2
make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features wordnet
3
To study a plant's or other organism's anatomy similarly. transitive
4
cut open or cut apart wordnet
5
To analyze an idea in detail by delineating between its parts. figuratively, transitive

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6
To decontextualize an idea through overanalysis by delineating between its parts too strongly based on style, usually involving pedantry, at the expense of substance. derogatory, figuratively, transitive
"Academics tend to take Indigenous oral histories out of their contexts and dissect them according to Western disciplinary objectives and foci (see figure 1)."
7
To separate muscles, organs, etc. without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture. transitive
"Now dissect the triceps away from its attachment on the humerus."
8
Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs. transitive

Borrowed from Latin dissectus past participle of dissecare (“to cut asunder, cut up”), from dis- (“asunder”) + secare (“to cut”); see section.

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