Predissected

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having been dissected in advance. not-comparable

    "There has been a trend among medical schools to eliminate the gross anatomy lab dissection, replacing it with a (far less time-consuming) study of predissected, preserved prosections and computerized simulations."

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"There has been a trend among medical schools to eliminate the gross anatomy lab dissection, replacing it with a (far less time-consuming) study of predissected, preserved prosections and computerized simulations."

Etymology

From pre- + dissected.

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