[dʌɪˈsɛkt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- methodically cut up (a body or plant) in order to study its internal parts
(e.g: an animal's eye can be easily dissected)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin dissect- ‘cut up’, from the verb dissecare, from dis- ‘apart’ + secare ‘to cut’