dissection

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"This is a very significant finding; it is the first genetic dissection of Race 4 resistance from this wild subspecies."

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026

Wider, diverse sets of genres make films like these all the more appealing to audiences, and in turn, proliferate the public discussion and dissection of these movies as time goes on.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

The dynamic relationship of critique and metacritique, rational dissection and passionate assertion, made the Renaissance great.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

It remains unclear whether the 27-year-old actually suffered from CTE, because the disease can only be diagnosed definitively through brain dissection.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2025

He was a born anatomist and so devoted to his studies that he sometimes illicitly borrowed limbs, organs, and other parts from cadavers and took them home for leisurely dissection.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson