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Definitions for Dissected
[1] Botany . deeply divided into numerous segments, as a leaf.
[2] Physical Geography . separated, by erosion, into many closely spaced crevices or gorges, as the surface of a plateau.
[3] to cut apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like.
[4] to examine minutely part by part; analyze: to dissect an idea.
[5] botany in the form of narrow lobes or segments dissected leaves
[6] geology (of plains) cut by erosion into hills and valleys, esp following tectonic movements
[7] to cut open and examine the structure of (a dead animal or plant)
[8] (tr) to examine critically and minutely
Words related to Dissected
explore, scrutinize, inspect, examine, investigate, anatomize, slice, divide, section, disjoin, dismember, cut, quarter, part, sunder, disjoint, operate, sever, dissever, dichotomize
Words nearby Dissected
dissatisfied, dissatisfy, dissave, disseat, dissect, dissected, dissecting aneurysm, dissecting cellulitis, dissection, dissection tubercle, disseise
Origin of Dissected
1600–10; < Latin dissectus (past participle of dissecāre to cut up), equivalent to dis- dis-1 + sec- cut + -tus past participle suffix
Words that may be confused with Dissected
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, dissectbisect, dissect
Other words from Dissected
un·dis·sect·ed , adjective
well-dis·sect·ed , adjective
dis·sec·ti·ble , adjective
dis·sec·tor , noun
re·dis·sect , verb (used with object)
self-dis·sect·ing , adjective
Word origin for Dissected
C17: from Latin dissecāre, from dis- 1 + secāre to cut
Synonyms for Dissected
anatomize, cut, dichotomize, disjoin, disjoint, dismember, dissever, divide, operate, part, quarter, section, sever, slice, sunder, break up, dislimb, exscind, exsect, lay open, prosect