dissection
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6.3
- noun
- /dɪˈsɛkʃən/
- Specialized
:
disección
- In biology class, we will conduct a dissection of a frog to study its anatomy.
- lymph node dissection
- neck dissection
- Radical neck dissection
I think at any moment the end of the train will appear around the bend, I tell surgeons bent to the dissection nurses, eyes above masks.
- I think at any moment the end of the train will appear around the bend, I tell surgeons bent to the dissection nurses, eyes above masks.
Examples
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But my findings weren't good There were other obstructions in the small bowel that required extensive dissection to free them.
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Oh, and, Dot, for this dissection you'll be partnered with Connor Kennedy.
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We're going to do our first dissection now.
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I never saw anything like it in dissection lab.
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You know where we get the bodies for dissection?
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And so there you see the spinal nerves in a dissection of a young human.
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Prepare for your frog dissections next week.
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The space was more or less a lean to, more a lean to than a lab, and had been used earlier as a dissection room by the medical school.
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Mr. Ballinger's dissection wasn't as clean as Fry's.
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Frog Dissection provides a virtual frog dissection that explores the inner workings of a frog.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
42
6.6
A surgical cut into the body to reach or remove tissue
2
9.9
A careful cutting open and check of a dead animal to find cause of death
1
6.5
Cutting very thin slices of tissue to look at under a microscope
A way to remove very small parts of tissue or cells for study
Antonyms
How Thorough
- Specialized
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5.3
- Specialized
17
6.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word dissection comes from Latin parts dis- 'apart' and secare 'to cut', giving a simple image of 'cutting apart' to see inside. So a dissection is the act of cutting a body, organ, or other thing open to study its inner parts.