"dissect" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪˈsɛkt/ [UK], /daɪˈsɛkt/ [UK], /dɪˈsɛkt/ [US], /daɪˈsɛkt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dissect.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dissects [present, singular, third-person], dissecting [participle, present], dissected [participle, past], dissected [past]
Rhymes: -ɛkt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dissectus past participle of dissecare (“to cut asunder, cut up”), from dis- (“asunder”) + secare (“to cut”); see section. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sek-}}, {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|la|dissectus|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin dissectus, {{bor+|en|la|dissectus}} Borrowed from Latin dissectus, {{m|la|dissecare||to cut asunder, cut up}} dissecare (“to cut asunder, cut up”), {{m|la|dis-||asunder}} dis- (“asunder”), {{m|la|secare||to cut}} secare (“to cut”), {{m|en|section}} section Head templates: {{en-verb}} dissect (third-person singular simple present dissects, present participle dissecting, simple past and past participle dissected)
  1. (transitive) To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy. Tags: transitive Translations (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart): հերձել (herjel) (Armenian), правя дисекция (pravja disekcija) (Bulgarian), dissecar (Catalan), disseccionar (Catalan), 解剖 (jiěpōu) (Chinese Mandarin), pitvat (Czech), dissekere (Danish), ontleden (Dutch), leikellä (Finnish), disséquer (French), sezieren (German), ανατέμνω (anatémno) (Greek), boncol (Hungarian), kryfja (Icelandic), dissekar (Ido), dissecare (Italian), dissecō (Latin), تشریح کردن (tašrih kardan) (Persian), przeprowadzić sekcję (Polish), dissecar (Portuguese), diseca (Romanian), анатомировать (anatomirovatʹ) (Russian), вскрыва́ть (vskryvátʹ) (Russian), препарировать (preparirovatʹ) (Russian), disecar (Spanish), diseccionar (Spanish), dissekera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dissect-en-verb-kexjA06e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 5 8 40 7 Disambiguation of "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart": 62 17 3 15 3
  2. (transitive) To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dissect-en-verb-rq9BpEsu
  3. (transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts. Tags: transitive Translations (to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts): dissecar (Catalan), disseccionar (Catalan), 剖视 (pōushì) (Chinese Mandarin), ontleden (Dutch), eritellä (Finnish), disséquer (French), zerlegen (German), analysieren (German), ανατέμνω (anatémno) (Greek), dissekar (Ido), تشریح کردن (tašrih kardan) (Persian), dissecar (Portuguese), diseca (Romanian), анализи́ровать (analizírovatʹ) (Russian), проводи́ть ана́лиз (provodítʹ análiz) (Russian), разбира́ть критически (razbirátʹ kritičeski) (Russian), diseccionar (Spanish), dissekera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dissect-en-verb-SroKfEOh Disambiguation of 'to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts': 2 1 90 4 2
  4. (transitive, anatomy, surgery) To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Anatomy, Surgery Translations (to separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting or disrupting): irrottaa (Finnish), dissekar (Ido), disecar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dissect-en-verb-h45ibWN5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 5 8 40 7 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences, surgery Disambiguation of 'to separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting or disrupting': 7 2 3 79 8
  5. (transitive, pathology) Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Pathology
    Sense id: en-dissect-en-verb-cncjHm4T Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dissecting microscope Related terms: dissection

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        "(transitive, anatomy, surgery) To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture."
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        "(transitive, pathology) Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs."
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      "ipa": "/dɪˈsɛkt/",
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        "US"
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    "English terms with audio links",
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      "word": "dissecting microscope"
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        "third-person"
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
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          "ref": "2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 130",
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        "To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy."
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          "study"
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          "animal#English"
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          "anatomy"
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          "autopsy"
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        "(transitive) To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy."
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        "transitive"
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    },
    {
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        "English transitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly."
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          "organism",
          "organism"
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        "(transitive) To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly."
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        "To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts."
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        "(transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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        "en:Surgery"
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          "text": "Now dissect the triceps away from its attachment on the humerus."
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        "To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture."
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        [
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          "surgery"
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        [
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        "(transitive, anatomy, surgery) To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture."
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        "transitive"
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        "medicine",
        "sciences",
        "surgery"
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        "Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs."
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          "infection#English"
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        "sciences"
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      "ipa": "/dɪˈsɛkt/",
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      "ipa": "/daɪˈsɛkt/",
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        "UK"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "herjel",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "հերձել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pravja disekcija",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "правя дисекция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "dissecar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "disseccionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiěpōu",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "解剖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "pitvat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "dissekere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "ontleden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "leikellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "disséquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "sezieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anatémno",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "ανατέμνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "boncol"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "kryfja"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "dissekar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "dissecare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "dissecō"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tašrih kardan",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "تشریح کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "przeprowadzić sekcję"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "dissecar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "diseca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "anatomirovatʹ",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "анатомировать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vskryvátʹ",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "вскрыва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preparirovatʹ",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "препарировать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "disecar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "diseccionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "dissekera"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "dissecar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "disseccionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pōushì",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "剖视"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "ontleden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "eritellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "disséquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "zerlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "analysieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anatémno",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "ανατέμνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "dissekar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tašrih kardan",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "تشریح کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "dissecar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "diseca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "analizírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "анализи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "provodítʹ análiz",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "проводи́ть ана́лиз"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razbirátʹ kritičeski",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "разбира́ть критически"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "diseccionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "dissekera"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting or disrupting",
      "word": "irrottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting or disrupting",
      "word": "dissekar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting or disrupting",
      "word": "disecar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dissect"
}

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