dissection
noun/dɪˈsɛkʃən/ · /daɪˈsɛkʃən/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin dissectiōnem, perhaps via Middle French dissection. By surface analysis, dissect + -ion.
1
The act of dissecting.
2
Something dissected.
3
Figuratively A minute and detailed examination or analysis.
4
Medicine, Sciences Surgical removal.
- neck dissection
- lymph node dissection
- Derived terms
- antidissection, cryodissection, equidissection, hydrodissection, immunodissection, macrodissection, microdissection, redissection, stereodissection
- Related terms
- dissect