Dissect - English meaning

Dissect – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Methodically cut up (a body or plant) in order to study its internal parts.
Usage examples:
An animal's eye can be easily dissected
Synonims:
Anatomize Cut up Cut/lay open Dismember Vivisect

verb
Cut open or cut apart

verb
To cut apart the body of an animal or plant in order to study its structure
Usage examples:
We had to dissect a frog in our biology class., the more experts dissect his tax revision plan, the…

Dissect translation into English

Dissect: translate from English into Chinese

解剖, 剖析, 剖解, 剖, 析

Dissect: translate from English into Dutch

Ontleden, Doorsnijden, Sectie verrichten

Dissect: translate from English into French

Disséquer

Dissect: translate from English into German

Sezieren, Zerlegen, Zergliedern, Präparieren

Dissect: translate from English into Hindi

काटना, टुकड़े करना, चीड़फाड़ करना, विच्छेदन करना, अवलोकन अथवा आलोचना करना, चीर-फाड़ करना

Dissect: translate from English into Italian

Sezionare, Dissezionare

Dissect: translate from English into Korean

해부하다, 절개하다, 상세히 분석하다, 상세히 비평하다

Dissect: translate from English into Russian

Препарировать, Анализировать, Рассекать, Анатомировать, Вскрывать, Разбирать критически

Dissect: translate from English into Spanish

Disecar, Analizar, Seccionar, Anatomizar, Hacer una disección de

Word origin

late 16th century: from Latin dissect- ‘cut up’, from the verb dissecare, from dis- ‘apart’ + secare ‘to cut’.

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Dissect – similar words

dissection

noun
The action of dissecting a body or plant to study its internal parts.
Usage examples:
The dissection of animals for scientific research

noun
The action of cutting something open, especially a dead body or plant, in order to study its structure
Usage examples:
Traditional surgical approaches to spinal pain involve open dissection of soft tissue and bone., th…

Dissection - all meanings in English

dissecting

verb
Methodically cut up (a body or plant) in order to study its internal parts.
Usage examples:
An animal's eye can be easily dissected

verb
Present participle of dissect
Usage examples:
In biology classes we used to dissect rats., he's the kind of person who watches a movie and then d…

Dissecting - all meanings in English

dissected

adjective
Having been cut up for anatomical study.
Usage examples:
This leads king into an extended digression on michelangelo's use of nudity, including the evidence…

verb
Methodically cut up (a body or plant) in order to study its internal parts.
Usage examples:
An animal's eye can be easily dissected

verb
Past simple and past participle of dissect
Usage examples:
In biology classes we used to dissect rats., he's the kind of person who watches a movie and then d…

Dissected - all meanings in English

Dissect synonims

anatomize

verb
Dissect (a body).
Usage examples:
He was sentenced to be hanged and then anatomized

Anatomize - all meanings in English

dismember

verb
Cut off the limbs of (a person or animal).
Usage examples:
He watched a doctor dismember the body

verb
To cut a body, esp. of an animal, into pieces

Dismember - all meanings in English

vivisect

verb
(used only by opponents of the practice) perform vivisection on (an animal).
Usage examples:
People are vivisecting animals and experimenting with germ warfare

Vivisect - all meanings in English

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