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(transitive) To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy. / (transitive) To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.

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dissect

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Source Word

dissect

IPA(Pronunciation)

/dɪˈsɛkt/

Verb

transitive

(transitive) To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy. / (transitive) To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.

Japanese Meaning

解剖する（動物や植物などの構造を、切断して詳細に調べる）

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During the biology lab, we had to dissect a frog to observe its internal organs.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

生物学の実験で、私たちは内臓を観察するためにカエルを解剖しなければならなかった。

Sense（1）

(transitive) To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.

She was the first person in her class to properly dissect the sheep heart.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

(transitive) To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.

Sense（3）

(transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.

Sense（4）

(transitive, anatomy, surgery) To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.

Now dissect the triceps away from its attachment on the humerus.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（5）

(transitive, pathology) Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.

dissects

（ present singular third-person ）

dissecting

（ participle present ）

dissected

（ participle past ）

dissected

（ past ）

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