Definition of Dissection

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Dissection

The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I.

Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.

Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared.

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Dissection Translations

dissection in German is Zergliederung

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