Definition of Dissection. Meaning of Dissection. Synonyms of Dissection

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Definition of Dissection

Dissection
Dissection Dis*sec"tion, n. [Cf. F. dissection.] 1. The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I. 2. Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination. 3. Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared. Dissection wound, a poisoned wound incurred during the dissection of a dead body.

Meaning of Dissection from wikipedia

- Dissection (from Latin dissecare "to cut to pieces"; also called anatomization) is the dismembering of the body of a deceased animal or plant to study...
- Aortic dissection (AD) occurs when an injury to the innermost layer of the aorta allows blood to flow between the layers of the aortic wall, forcing the...
- anatomical structure. Dissection may also refer to: The dissection problem in geometry Dissection (medical), a tear in a blood vessel Dissection (band), a Swedish...
- Dissection was a Swedish extreme metal band from Strömstad, formed in 1989 by guitarist, vocalist and main songwriter Jon Nödtveidt and b****ist Peter Palmdahl...
- Blunt dissection describes the careful separation of tissues along tissue planes by either fingers or convenient blunt instruments during many diverse...
- Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is a flap-like tear of the inner lining of the vertebral artery, which is located in the neck and supplies blood to the...
- A dissection puzzle, also called a transformation puzzle or Richter puzzle, is a tiling puzzle where a set of pieces can be ****embled in different ways...
- An arterial dissection is a tear within the wall of an artery, which allows blood to separate the wall layers. There are several types. Tears almost always...
- Carotid artery dissection is a serious condition in which a tear forms in one of the two main carotid arteries in the neck, allowing blood to enter the...
- The neck dissection is a surgical procedure for control of neck lymph node metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the head and neck. The aim...