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dissect

Syllabification: (dis·sect)
Pronunciation: /diˈsekt, dī-/
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Definition of dissect

verb

[with object]
  • methodically cut up (a body, part, or plant) in order to study its internal parts.
  • analyze (something) in minute detail:novels that dissect our obsession with cities and urban angst

Derivatives

dissector

Pronunciation: /-tər/
noun

Origin:

late 16th century: from Latin dissect- 'cut up', from the verb dissecare, from dis- 'apart' + secare 'to cut'

Remember that dissect and the related word dissection have a double s.she dissected several specimens.

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