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What does dissect mean?

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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 or other organism's anatomy similarly.
  3. (transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
  4. (anatomy) To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.
  5. (transitive, pathology) Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.
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The laser proved to work well with narrow grasping tools and scissors to dissect the gall bladder from the liver bed.
We were told the story of a student whose grandfather, himself a medical doctor, had specifically asked her to dissect his body after death.
People want to analyse and dissect the mind to an incredible level of detail, to understand personality, motivation, influences and intent.
The forms should specifically use the term dissect and specify the use of the cadavers for medical education and research purposes.
Every so often, literary scholars seem to want to dissect an author's body of work, hoping to gain some insight into their personal life.
I studied the nude, and at the Medical Institute we were made to dissect corpses.

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