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dis·sec·tion
(dĭ-sĕk′shən, dī-)n.
1. The act or an instance of dissecting.
2. Something that has been dissected, such as a tissue specimen under study.
3. A detailed examination or analysis.
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dis•sec•tion
(dɪˈsɛk ʃən, daɪ-)n.
1. the act of dissecting.
2. something that has been dissected.
3. a detailed analysis.
[1575–85; < Latin]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
dissection
Surgical separation of tissues.
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Noun | 1. | dissection - cutting so as to separate into pieces |
2. | dissection - a minute and critical analysis analytic thinking, analysis - the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations | |
3. | dissection - detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work) analysis - an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole |
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dissection
noun
1. cutting up, anatomy, autopsy, dismemberment, postmortem (examination), necropsy, anatomization a growing supply of corpses for dissection
2. analysis, examination, breakdown, research, investigation, inspection, scrutiny the dissection of my proposals
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dissection
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Translations
تَشْريحُ الجُثَّه
pitvapitvání
dissektion
boncolásfelboncolás
krufning
pitvanie
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
dissection
[dɪˈsɛkʃən daɪˈsɛkʃən] n (lit) [animal, corpse] → dissection f
(fig) [theory, situation, issue] → dissection f; [account, book, report, article] → épluchage m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
dissection
n
(= act) (of plant) → Präparation f; (of animal) → Sektion f; (fig, of report, theory) → Zergliederung f
(= plant or animal dissected) → Präparat nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
dissect
(diˈsekt) verb to cut (eg an animal's body) into parts for (scientific) examination.
disˈsection (-ʃən) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
dis·sec·tion
n. disección.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
dissection
n disección f; aortic — disección aórtica or de aorta; lymph node — disección ganglionar, (complete) vaciamiento ganglionarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.