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Webster 1913 Edition
Dissection
Dis-sec′tion
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
dissection
.] 1.
The act of dissecting an animal or plant;
as,
. dissection
of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I2.
Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.
3.
Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared.
Dissection wound
, a poisoned wound incurred during the dissection of a dead body.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dissection
DISSECTION
,Noun.
1.
The act of cutting in pieces an animal or vegetable, for the purpose of examining the structure and uses of its parts; anatomy.Dissection was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I.
2.The act of separating into constituent parts, for the purpose of critical examination.