Definitions
1.verbTo study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
2.verbTo study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.
3.verbTo analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
4.verbTo separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.
5.verbOf an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.
6.nounA dissection; a taking apart.