dissection

dis·sec·tion | \ dī-ˈsek-shən

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Definition of dissection

1 : the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected

2 : an anatomical specimen prepared by dissecting

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Examples of dissection in a Sentence

the book's dissection of the problem of obesity in this country

Recent Examples on the Web An aortic dissection is when there is a tear in the inner layer of the aorta, a condition that most frequently occurs in men in their 60s and 70s, the Mayo Clinic website said. — Doha Madani, NBC News, "JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon recovering from emergency heart surgery," 6 Mar. 2020 Aortic dissection is relatively uncommon, primarily striking men in their 60s and 70s, according to the Mayo Clinic. — Michelle F. Davis / Bloomberg, Time, "JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Undergoes Emergency Heart Surgery," 5 Mar. 2020 Their relationship is an extended dissection of how children unwittingly wound their parents a thousand times a day, and vice versa. — David Sims, The Atlantic, "The 10 Best Movie Scenes of the 2010s," 31 Dec. 2019 What is more, many countries still face a shortage of donations and rely on unclaimed bodies for dissection, according to a 2018 study. — Bahar Gholipour, Scientific American, "Med School without Cadavers?," 1 Oct. 2019 This highly influential dissection of Nazism by the Australian historian Stephen H. Roberts is far from an error-free history of the Third Reich’s early years. — Tim Bouverie, WSJ, "Five Best: Tim Bouverie on the British Appeasement of Adolf Hitler," 28 June 2019 Brilliant forensic dissection by @maitlis - desperate, toe-curling bullsh*t from Prince Andrew. — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, "Prince Andrew Under Fire After "Desperate, Toe-Curling" TV Interview About Jeffrey Epstein Links," 16 Nov. 2019 Among the more composed were his dissections of Thomas Hardy’s poetry, Edwardian novels and the work of W.H. Auden and his contemporaries. — Sam Roberts, New York Times, "Samuel Hynes, Professor Whose Books Taught Lessons of War, Dies at 95," 18 Oct. 2019 News analysis is a second-order pseudo-event, not an event per se but the dissection of pseudo-events: that is, theater criticism. — Greg Jackson, Harper's magazine, "Vicious Cycles," 6 Jan. 2020

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“Dissection.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dissection. Accessed 8 Apr. 2020.

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More Definitions for dissection

dissection

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Kids Definition of dissection

: the act of cutting something or taking something apart for examination

dissection

dis·sec·tion | \ dis-ˈek-shən; dī-ˈsek-

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Medical Definition of dissection

1 : the act or process of dissecting or separating: as

a : the surgical removal along natural lines of cleavage of tissues which are or might become diseased

b : the digital separation of tissues (as in heart-valve operations) — compare finger fracture

c : a pathological splitting or separation of tissue — see aortic dissection

2a : something (as a part or the whole of an animal) that has been dissected

b : an anatomical specimen prepared in this way

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