Dissect

Verb

 * 1)  To study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
 * 2)  To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.
 * 3)  To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
 * 4)  To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.
 * 5)  Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.

Adverbs for Dissect
mercilessly; tranquilly; scientifically; studiously; thoroughly; painstakingly; absorbedly.

Synonyms for Dissect
anatomize, examine, cut up, analyze.

Antonyms for Dissect
assemble, synthesize.

Derived terms

 * dissection

Thesaurus
analyze, anatomize, assay, break down, break up, carve, cleave, cut, decompose, dichotomize, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, divide, part, penetrate, pierce, probe, reduce, reduce to elements, resolve, segment, separate, sever, slice, split, subdivide, sunder

Etymology
From dissecare: < dis-: + secare:; see section:.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: правя дисекция
 * Czech:
 * Danish: dissekere
 * German:


 * Greek: ανατέμνω
 * Polish: przeprowadzić sekcję
 * Portuguese: dissecar
 * Spanish: disecar