Associations to the word «Dissect»

Wiktionary

DISSECT, verb. (transitive) To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
DISSECT, verb. (transitive) To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.
DISSECT, verb. (transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
DISSECT, verb. (transitive) (anatomy) (surgery) To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.
DISSECT, verb. (transitive) (pathology) Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.

Dictionary definition

DISSECT, verb. Cut open or cut apart; "dissect the bodies for analysis".
DISSECT, verb. Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King