Definition of "dissect" in English

verb

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

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

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

4. (transitive, anatomy, surgery) To separate muscles, organs, etc. without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.

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

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