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dissection
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2 definitions • 2 examples
1
the
action
of
cutting
something open,
especially
a dead
body
or
plant
, in
order
to
study
its
structure
:
Examples:
Traditional
surgical
approaches
to
spinal
pain
involve
open dissection of
soft
tissue
and
bone
.
2
the
process
of
examining
or
considering
something in
detail
, or a
piece
of work that is the
result
of doing this:
Examples:
The
novel
is really a dissection of nationalism.
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