dissect
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verb- 1.
(transitive)(literal, transitive) To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
- 2.
(transitive)(literal, transitive) To study a plant's or other organism's anatomy similarly.
- 3.
(figuratively, transitive)(figurative, transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by delineating between its parts.
- 4.
(derogatory, figuratively, transitive)(figurative, transitive, derogatory) To decontextualize an idea, especially through overanalysis by delineating between its parts too strongly based on style, usually involving pedantry, at the expense of substance.
Đồng nghĩa: contextomize
- 5.
(transitive)(literal, transitive, anatomy, surgery) To separate muscles, organs, etc. without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.
Now dissect the triceps away from its attachment on the humerus.
- 6.
(transitive)(literal, transitive, pathology) Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.
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ine-pro Latin dissectus past participle of dissecare (to cut asunder, cut up), from dis- (asunder) + secare (to cut); see section.