Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dissected"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dissected \Dis*sect"ed\, a.
1. Cut into several parts; divided into sections; as, a
dissected map.
2. (Bot.) Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a
dissected leaf.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dissect \Dis*sect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissected}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Dissecting}.] [L. dissectus, p. p. of dissecare; dis-
+ secare to cut. See {Section}.]
1. (Anat.) To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces;
to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a
plant, for examination and to show their structure and
relations; to anatomize.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dissected
adj : having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib
[syn: {cleft}]
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