dissect
Meaning of dissect
verb
- To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
- To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.
- To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
- To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.
- Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.
Information about dissect
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of dissect is: dissects.
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Hyphenation of dissect
dis-sect
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- dissect is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
dissect synonyms
Meaning analyze:
Translation of dissect
- German: zergliedern
- French: disséquer
- Spanish: disecar, anatomizar
- Italian: sezionare, dissezionare
Words that rhyme with dissect
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