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dissection

[dih-sek-shuhn, dahy-] / dɪˈsɛk ʃən, daɪ- /




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At 43 years old, I recently had emergency open-heart surgery for an ascending aortic dissection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

‘Downfall: The Case Against Boeing,’ Rory Kennedy’s look at the aviation giant’s troubled recent history, is a dissection of corporate greed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Graham died over the weekend due to an "aortic dissection" caused by cardiovascular disease, according to a preliminary finding by the Washington DC medical examiner.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

A dissection is when a tear occurs in the aorta’s inner lining, either in the ascending aorta or the descending one.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

His notes from the dissection sessions are exhaustive.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

The actors John Ritter and Alan Thicke also died from aortic dissections.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Aortic dissections are sudden, often lethal and notoriously difficult to predict even in patients under close medical supervision.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

Settle in for some amusing dissections of popular docuseries like “Making a Murderer” and “The Jinx,” as well as the simultaneously moralizing and exploitative “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

Had you turned on any sports chat show in the past week, you’d have heard aggro dissections of Philadelphia’s “simmering dysfunction”—sports dysfunction must always simmer, like a good chili.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

Tyson carried out many other famous dissections, including a rattlesnake and an ostrich.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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