predissected

adj

predissected

adj

Etymology From pre- + dissected.

1

Having been dissected in advance.

There has been a trend among medical schools to eliminate the gross anatomy lab dissection, replacing it with a (far less time-consuming) study of predissected, preserved prosections and computerized simulations.2007 June 24, Mary Roach, “Love and Human Remains”, in New York Times:

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