dissect

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

verb cut open or cut apart
verb make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features

Borrowed from Latin dissectus past participle of dissecare (“to cut asunder, cut up”), from dis- (“asunder”) + secare (“to cut”); see section.

=disecar=, to dissect; to stuff dead animals. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
Only take care of it tomorrow if you dissect. — Jo's Boys, Louisa May Alcott
But physicians dissect dead bodies to find the soul. — Robert Orange: Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange, John Oliver Hobbes

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