dissection

nouncutting up, particularly of a dead body
nounthorough analysis

Synonyms for dissection

noun cutting up, particularly of a dead body

Antonyms for dissection

breakdown

noun. account of finances or other business

Word Origin & History

1580s, from Middle French dissection, from Medieval Latin dissectionem (nominative dissectio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin dissecare "cut in pieces," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + secare "to cut" (see section).

Example Sentences for dissection

But of what good is the love of Nature that consists only in classification and dissection?

Dissection of animals was practised at Salerno as early as the eleventh century.

On dissection we found 81 vertebræ, exclusive of the cephalic.

Dissection of a small Cetacean sent to me from Orkney in the month of May 1835.

Morton, I feel as if I had taken part in the dissection of a human soul.

Dissection proves that they have the appropriate organs of generation.

Section of the great pectoral muscle will aid the dissection.

No account has yet been given of the dissection of an individual so constituted.

There I cut his throat and after breakfast commenced the dissection.

The first Ptolemy also fostered the study of medicine and of dissection.

dissection

Synonyms for dissection

Antonyms for dissection

analysis

anatomy

autopsy

breakdown

cut

dissection

Synonyms for dissection

Antonyms for dissection

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analysis

anatomy

autopsy

breakdown

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