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Dissection (medicine)


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. 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.

Origin: Cf. F. Dissection.

Source: Websters Dictionary


fro (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old Norse; Origin: fra]
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