Definitions for: Dissection

[n] cutting so as to separate into pieces
[n] detailed part-by-part critical analysis or examination as of a literary work
[n] a minute and critical analysis

Webster (1913) Definition: Dis*sec"tion, n. [Cf. F. dissection.]
1. The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection
of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of
Francis I.

2. Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of
critical examination.

3. Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole,
of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the
structure; an anatomical so prepared.

Dissection wound, a poisoned wound incurred during the
dissection of a dead body.

See Also: analysis, analysis, analytic thinking, cut, cutting

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