Definition of Disection
Dis*sec"tion (?), n. [Cf. F.
dissection.] 1. The act of dissecting an
animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held
sacrilege till the time of Francis I.
2. Fig.: The act of separating or dividing
for the purpose of critical examination.
3. Anything dissected; especially, some part,
or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the
structure; an anatomical so prepared.
Dissection wound, a poisoned wound incurred
during the dissection of a dead body.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- the act of dissecting, or something dissected
- a minute and detailed examination or analysis
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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