dissected

Meaning

1. To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
2. To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.
3. To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
4. To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.
5. Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.

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Sources

1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data