Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dissection"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dissection \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dissection
n 1: cutting so as to separate into pieces
2: a minute and critical analysis
3: detailed part-by-part critical analysis or examination as of
a literary work
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