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Dissect

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
2.VerbTo study a plant's or other organism's anatomy similarly.
3.VerbTo analyze an idea in detail by delineating between its parts.
4.VerbTo decontextualize an idea, especially through overanalysis by delineating between its parts too strongly based on style, usually involving pedantry, at the expense of substance.
5.VerbTo separate muscles, organs, etc. without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.
"Now dissect the triceps away from its attachment on the humerus."
6.VerbOf an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.
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