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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats