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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-sek-shuh n, dahy- |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsɛk ʃən, daɪ- |
Definition of dissection
Origin :- 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).
- noun cutting up, particularly of a dead body
- noun thorough analysis
- But of what good is the love of Nature that consists only in classification and dissection?
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- Dissection of animals was practised at Salerno as early as the eleventh century.
- Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
- On dissection we found 81 vertebræ, exclusive of the cephalic.
- Extract from : « Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 » by Various
- Dissection of a small Cetacean sent to me from Orkney in the month of May 1835.
- Extract from : « Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 » by Various
- Morton, I feel as if I had taken part in the dissection of a human soul.
- Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
- Dissection proves that they have the appropriate organs of generation.
- Extract from : « Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee » by L. L. Langstroth
- Section of the great pectoral muscle will aid the dissection.
- Extract from : « A Manual of the Operations of Surgery » by Joseph Bell
- No account has yet been given of the dissection of an individual so constituted.
- Extract from : « Delineations of the Ox Tribe » by George Vasey
- There I cut his throat and after breakfast commenced the dissection.
- Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books, Volume 19 » by Various
- The first Ptolemy also fostered the study of medicine and of dissection.
- Extract from : « Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine » by James Sands Elliott
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