dissecting

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Definitions

verb

To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.
To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.

noun

A dissection; a taking apart.

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Synonyms

take apart break down analyze analyse dissection dissecter subdissection deconstruction dismembering disassembly dismantling discerption disarticulation dismemberment dismantlement disseveration

Rhymes

unsuspecting connecting prospecting affecting effecting projecting reflecting expecting neglecting respecting

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