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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/dɪˈsɛktɪd/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(di sek′tid, dī-)

dis•sect•ed (di sek′tid, dī-),USA pronunciation adj.

Biology[Bot.]deeply divided into numerous segments, as a leaf.
Geology[Phys. Geog.]separated, by erosion, into many closely spaced crevices or gorges, as the surface of a plateau.

dissect + -ed² 1625–35

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dissected /dɪˈsɛktɪd; daɪ-/ adj

in the form of narrow lobes or segments
(of plains) cut by erosion into hills and valleys, esp following tectonic movements

dis•sect /dɪˈsɛkt, daɪ-/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]

Anatomyto cut apart (an animal body, a plant, etc.) to examine the structure and relation of parts:In biology class we had to dissect a frog.
to examine in detail part by part; analyze:Your assignment is to dissect the poem.

dis•sec•tion /dɪˈsɛkʃən, daɪ-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]performed several frog dissections.[uncountable]to subject the frog to dissection.See -sect-.

dis•sect (di sekt′, dī-),USA pronunciation v.t.

Anatomyto cut apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like.
to examine minutely part by part;
analyze:to dissect an idea.

Latin dissectus (past participle of dissecāre to cut up), equivalent. to dis- dis-¹ + sec- cut + -tus past participle suffix
1600–10

dis•sec′ti•ble, adj.
dis•sec′tor, n.

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dissect /dɪˈsɛkt; daɪ-/ vb

to cut open and examine the structure of (a dead animal or plant)
(transitive) to examine critically and minutely

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin dissecāre, from dis-¹ + secāre to cutdisˈsection n disˈsector n

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