"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 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-}}, {{bor+|en|la|dissectus}} Borrowed from Latin dissectus Head templates: {{en-verb}} dissect (third-person singular simple present dissects, present participle dissecting, simple past and past participle dissected)
  1. (literal, 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)
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  2. (literal, transitive) To study a plant's or other organism's anatomy similarly. Tags: transitive
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  3. (figurative, transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by delineating between its parts. Tags: figuratively, 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)
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  4. (figurative, transitive, derogatory) To decontextualize an idea through overanalysis by delineating between its parts too strongly based on style, usually involving pedantry, at the expense of substance. Tags: derogatory, figuratively, transitive
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  5. (literal, transitive, anatomy, surgery) To separate muscles, organs, etc. without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture. Tags: transitive Translations (to separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting or disrupting): irrottaa (Finnish), dissekar (Ido), disecar (Spanish)
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  6. (literal, transitive, pathology) Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dissect-en-verb-cncjHm4T Categories (other): Pathology Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dissection

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "anatomirovatʹ",
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      "word": "анатомировать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "vskryvátʹ",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "вскрыва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "preparirovatʹ",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "препарировать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "disecar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "diseccionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart",
      "word": "dissekera"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "dissecar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "disseccionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "pōushì",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "剖视"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "ontleden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "eritellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "disséquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "zerlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "analysieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "anatémno",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "ανατέμνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "lang_code": "io",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "dissekar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "roman": "tašrih kardan",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "تشریح کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "dissecar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "diseca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "analizírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "анализи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "provodítʹ análiz",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "проводи́ть ана́лиз"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "razbirátʹ kritičeski",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "разбира́ть критически"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "diseccionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts",
      "word": "dissekera"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting or disrupting",
      "word": "irrottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "lang_code": "io",
      "sense": "to separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting or disrupting",
      "word": "dissekar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting or disrupting",
      "word": "disecar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dissect"
}

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