| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | dis·sect |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -s kt , d -, dskt |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: dis·sect·ed, dis·sect·ing, dis·sects
1. To cut apart or separate (tissue), especially for anatomical study. 2. To examine, analyze, or criticize in minute detail: dissected the plan afterward to learn why it had failed. See synonyms at analyze. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin dissec re, dissect-, to cut apart : dis-, dis- + secre, to cut up; see sek- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | dis·secti·ble —ADJECTIVE
dis·sector —NOUN
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