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1. dissection
   [n] - a minute and critical analysis 2. [n] - detailed part-by-part critical analysis or examination as of a literary work 3. [n] - cutting so as to separate into pieces
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2. dissection
   The cutting up of something (to look at what is inside).
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3. Dissection
   Division, separation, or removal of tissues
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4. Dissection
   Dissection: The process of cutting apart or separating tissue as, for example, in the study of anatomy or in the course of a surgical procedure.
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5. dissection
   cutting up of an organism for study Category: Medicine • the dissection into its components of a distribution which is composed of two or more distributions Category: Mathematics
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6. Dissection
   Dis·sec'tion noun [ Confer French dissection .] 1. The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I. 2. Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for th...
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7. dissection
   1. The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I. ... 2. The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination. ... 3. Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissect...
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8. dissection
   noun a minute and critical analysis
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9. dissection
   (dĭ-sek´shәn) the act of dissecting. a part or whole of an organism prepared by dissecting.
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10. Dissection
    • (n.) Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared. • (n.) Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination. • (n.) The act of dissecting an animal or ...
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11. dissection
    (from the article `Vesalius, Andreas`) ...a lecturer in surgery with the responsibility of giving anatomical demonstrations. Since he knew that a thorough knowledge of human anatomy was ... ...large enough to be examined without the help of magnifying devices, while microscopic anatomy is concerned with the study of structural units ......
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12. dissection
    (from the article `number game`) Geometric dissection problems involve the cutting of geometric figures into pieces that can be arranged to form other geometric figures; for example, ...
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13. dissection
    
    • cutting so as to separate into pieces
    • a minute and critical analysis
    • detailed part-by-part critical analysis or examination as of a literary work
    
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14. Dissection
    Dissection is the process of cutting away and separating parts of a body, whereby its formation and the relationships of its parts can be observed.
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15. dissection
    Type: Term Pronunciation: di-sek′shŭn, dī- Definitions: 1. The act of dissecting. Synonyms: anatomy3, necrotomy1
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16. dissection
    Cutting apart of bodies to study their organization, or tissues to gain access to a site in surgery. Postmortem dissection was considered a sin in the Middle Ages. In the UK before 1832, hanged murderers were the only legal source of bodies, supplemented by graverobbing (William Burke and William Ha...
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17. dissection
    Latin disssecare = to cut up, from dis = apart, sectum = cut (c.f. anatomy).
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18. Dissection
    `Dissection` (also called `anatomization`) is usually the process of disassembling and observing something to determine its internal structure and as an aid to discerning the functions and relationships of its components. In the past, anatomization of the body of a convicted person was sometimes ord...
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19. Dissection
    (band) `Dissection` was a black metal band from Strömstad, Sweden. The band was formed in 1989, by Jon Nödtveidt. The band released its first EP in 1991. They disbanded in 2006, after the frontman`s suicide. Band overview : In 1988, a thrash metal band by the name of Siren`s Yell...
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20. Dissection
    (medical) , | ICDO = | OMIM = | MedlinePlus = | eMedicineSubj = | eMedicineTopic = | MeshID = D000784 | --> In medical pathology, `dissection` (or `dissecting aneurysm`) refers to a tear within the wall of a blood vessel, which allows blood to separate the wall layers, creating a pseudoaneu...
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21. Dissection
    (album) `Dissection` is the second full-length album by Crimson Thorn. The album was released in 1997 on Morphine Records and later released on Little Rose Productions. Track listing: #"Beaten Beyond" - 4:19 #"Eternal Life" - 3:29 #"Deepest Affliction" - 4...
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