| DISSECT | • dissect v. (Transitive) To study an animal’s anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy. • dissect v. (Transitive) To study a plant or other organism’s anatomy similarly. • dissect v. (Transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts. |
| DISSECTED | • dissected v. Simple past tense and past participle of dissect. • DISSECT v. to cut apart for scientific examination. |
| DISSECTIBLE | • dissectible adj. Alternative spelling of dissectable. • DISSECTIBLE adj. capable of being dissected. |
| DISSECTING | • dissecting v. Present participle of dissect. • dissecting n. A dissection; a taking apart. • DISSECTING n. the act of taking apart. |
| DISSECTINGS | • dissectings n. Plural of dissecting. • DISSECTING n. the act of taking apart. |
| DISSECTION | • dissection n. The act of dissecting, or something dissected. • dissection n. A minute and detailed examination or analysis. • dissection n. (Medicine) surgical removal. |
| DISSECTIONS | • dissections n. Plural of dissection. • DISSECTION n. the act of dissecting. |
| DISSECTIVE | • dissective adj. Tending to dissect. • dissective adj. (Grammar) Referring to a number of individual or separate things rather than a mass (e.g. snowflakes… • DISSECTIVE adj. relating to dissection. |
| DISSECTOR | • dissector n. One who dissects; an anatomist. • DISSECTOR n. one who dissects. |
| DISSECTORS | • dissectors n. Plural of dissector. • DISSECTOR n. one who dissects. |
| DISSECTS | • dissects v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dissect. • DISSECT v. to cut apart for scientific examination. |
| GLOSSECTOMIES | • glossectomies n. Plural of glossectomy. • GLOSSECTOMY n. the surgical removal of the tongue. |
| GLOSSECTOMY | • glossectomy n. (Surgery) The surgical removal of all or part of the tongue. • GLOSSECTOMY n. the surgical removal of the tongue. |
| MICRODISSECTION | • microdissection n. A dissection using a microscope and very fine instruments. • MICRODISSECTION n. dissection under the microscope. |