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dissecting |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dissecting \Dis*sect"ing\, a. 1. Dividing or separating the parts of an animal or vegetable body; as a dissecting aneurism, one which makes its way between or within the coats of an artery. 2. Of or pertaining to or received during, a dissection; as a dissecting wound. 3. Used for or in dissecting; as a dissecting knife; a dissecting microscope. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dissect \Dis*sect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissected}; p. pr & vb n. {Dissecting}.] [L. dissectus p. p. of dissecare dis- + secare to cut. See {Section}.] 1. (Anat.) To divide into separate parts to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize.
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