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dissected - 6 dictionary results

dis⋅sect⋅ed

  [di-sek-tid, dahy-]
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–adjective
1. Botany. deeply divided into numerous segments, as a leaf.
2. Physical Geography. separated, by erosion, into many closely spaced crevices or gorges, as the surface of a plateau.
Origin:
1625–35; dissect + -ed 2

dis⋅sect

  [di-sekt, dahy-]
–verb (used with object)
1. to cut apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like.
2. to examine minutely part by part; analyze: to dissect an idea.
Origin:
1600–10; < L dissectus (ptp. of dissecāre to cut up), equiv. to dis- dis- 1 + sec- cut + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
dis⋅sec⋅ti⋅ble, adjective
dis⋅sec⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. anatomize.
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dis·sect   (dĭ-sěkt', dī-, dī'sěkt')   
tr.v.   dis·sect·ed, dis·sect·ing, dis·sects
  1. To cut apart or separate (tissue), especially for anatomical study.
  2. To examine, analyze, or criticize in minute detail: dissected the plan afterward to learn why it had failed. See Synonyms at analyze.

[Latin dissecāre, dissect-, to cut apart : dis-, dis- + secāre, to cut up; see sek- in Indo-European roots.]
dis·sec'ti·ble adj., dis·sec'tor n.
dis·sect·ed   (dĭ-sěk'tĭd, dī-)   
adj.  
  1. Botany Divided into many deep, narrow segments: dissected leaves.
  2. Geology Cut by irregular valleys and hills.
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Dissected

Dis*sect"ed\, a. 1. Cut into several parts; divided into sections; as, a dissected map.

2. (Bot.) Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a dissected leaf.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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dissect   (dĭ-sěkt', dī'sěkt')  Pronunciation Key 
  1. To cut apart or separate body tissues or organs, especially for anatomical study.
  2. In surgery, to separate different anatomical structures along natural lines by dividing the connective tissue framework.

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