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Dissection

DISSECTION, n. [L.]
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.

 

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