dissect
Cut apart methodically
To dissect is to cut apart systematically for examination.
The word applies literally to biological specimens in labs and morgues: We dissected a frog in biology class.
Figuratively, to dissect is to analyze something in detail, separating its parts to understand the whole: Critics dissected the president's speech.
The noun is dissection.
Study with attention
- analyzeStudy by breaking down
- deconstructAnalyze by breaking down
- interpretExtract or convey meaning
- investigateSeek facts systematically
parse · breakdown · evaluate · assess · study · research · review · explore
Separate into parts
subdivide · fragment · portion · piece · component · part · split · isolate
Detailed evaluative analysis
- refuteProve something untrue
- challengeTest of ability
- debateFormal argument on issues
- exposeMake known publicly
counter · rebut · deconstruct · demolish · undermine · dismantle · attack · pick apart
examine
Study with attention
- analyzeStudy by breaking down
- deconstructAnalyze by breaking down
- interpretExtract or convey meaning
investigate · parse · breakdown · evaluate · assess · study · research · review · explore · understand
divide
Separate into parts
cut · subdivide · fragment · portion · piece · component · part · split · isolate · segment
critique
Detailed evaluative analysis
expose · counter · rebut · deconstruct · demolish · undermine · dismantle · attack · pick apart · tear apart
cadaver
Body for dissection
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- autopsyMedical examination after death
- specimenIndividual for examination
organ · tissue · anatomy · frog · formaldehyde · lab · tray · pins · preserved · biology
incision
Controlled cut into tissue
sterile · suture · anesthesia · forceps · retractor · clamp · cautery · excise · biopsy · procedure
- cuttingslicing, slice, chopping, dice, dicing
- DIS- wordsdisagree, disallow, disbelieve, disapprove, disarray
- examineexamine, analyze, assess, evaluate, inspect
- investigatinginvestigate, examine, inspect, probe, search
- separationseparate, sieving, straining, divide, filtration
- cutting actionstrim, clip, snip, slice, pare
dissectsynthesize
Combine into unified whole
integrate · unify · consolidate · assemble · amalgamate
- frog dissectionClassroom amphibian surgery
- dissection table
- dissecting table
- dissection labSpace for examining organisms
- dissection kitInstruments for anatomical examination
- dissecting microscopeLow-magnification binocular viewer
dissection, dissected, dissecting, dissects, dissections, dissector, dissectors