dissect

Meaning

1. (transitive) To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
2. (transitive) To study a plant's or other organism's anatomy similarly.
3. (transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
4. (transitive) To separate muscles, organs, etc. without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.
5. (transitive) Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.

Synonyms

analyse

cut

anatomize

analyze

cut open

divide

dismember

partition

section

break down

butcher

take apart

bisect

operate

operate anatomize

dish out

dispense

dissection

dissever

distribute

eviscerate

flense

fraction

gash

give out

hand out

intersect

issue

lance

lot

open

pass around

pass out

portion

portion out

postmortem

pound

💷

reallocate

resolve

screen off

segment

separate

share

shell out

slice

split

split up

stratify

subdivide

supply

Translations

disséquer

zerlegen

sezieren

sezionare

disecar

zergliedern

dissecare

sectie verrichten

dissecar

ontleden

ανατέμνω

doorsnijden

sectionner

anatomizzare

diseccionar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈsɛkt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dissectus past participle of dissecare (“to cut asunder, cut up”), from dis- (“asunder”) + secare (“to cut”); see section.