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Raredissecting
The correct spelling is dissecting.
How to pronounce dissecting
verb
Say it like: Dis-sec-tin-g
The correct spelling is dissecting. To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
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Meanings
verb
- 1.To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
- 2.To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.
- 3.To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
- 4.To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.
- 5.Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.
noun
- 1.A dissection; a taking apart.
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