dissection
noun
dis·sec·tion
dī-ˈsek-shən 
ˈdī-ˌsek-
also
di-
ˈdī-ˌsek-
1
: the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected
2
: an anatomical specimen prepared by dissecting
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the book's dissection of the problem of obesity in this country
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Since 2019, Dallas and Tarrant counties had sent about 2,350 unclaimed bodies to the Health Science Center and, of them, more than 830 were selected for dissection and study.
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Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
The Mariners completed their three-game dissection of New York with a 12-1 romp on Sunday.
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This sequence, the show’s comic high point, represents at once a deft piece of stagecraft that, in the cacophony of angry comments projected behind the heads of Don and company, becomes a clever comic dissection of the public square in the age of Zoom.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
Before now, it had only been spotted by humans six times—never alive and never in the correct conditions for dissection.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
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Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
The Mariners completed their three-game dissection of New York with a 12-1 romp on Sunday.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
This sequence, the show’s comic high point, represents at once a deft piece of stagecraft that, in the cacophony of angry comments projected behind the heads of Don and company, becomes a clever comic dissection of the public square in the age of Zoom.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
Before now, it had only been spotted by humans six times—never alive and never in the correct conditions for dissection.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
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dissection
noun
dis·sec·tion
-ˈsek-shən
-ˌsek-
1
: the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected
2
: a plant or animal or a part of one that has been dissected for study of the anatomy
Medical Definition
dissection
noun
dis·sec·tion
dis-ˈek-shən; dī-ˈsek-
ˈdī-ˌ
ˈdī-ˌ
1
: the act or process of dissecting or separating: as
a
: the surgical removal along natural lines of cleavage of tissues which are or might become diseased
b
: the digital separation of tissues (as in heart-valve operations) compare finger fracture
c
: a pathological splitting or separation of tissue see aortic dissection
2
a
: something (as a part or the whole of an animal) that has been dissected
b
: an anatomical specimen prepared in this way
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