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Dissect

/dɪˈsɛkt/

To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.

📖 Definitions of "Dissect"

verb

1
To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
2
To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.
3
To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
4
To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
analyzeverb	(transitive) To subject to analysis.
analyseverb	British standard spelling of analyze.
break downverb	(intransitive, of a machine, computer, vehicle, etc.) To stop functioning.
take apartverb	To dismantle something into its component pieces.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
synthesizeverb	(transitive) To combine two or more things to produce a new product.
synthesiseverb	Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of synthesize. [(transitive) To combine two or more things to produce a new product.]

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
take apartverb	To dismantle something into its component pieces.
break downverb	(intransitive, of a machine, computer, vehicle, etc.) To stop functioning.
analyzeverb	(transitive) To subject to analysis.
analyseverb	British standard spelling of analyze.
anatomiseverb	Alternative form of anatomize. [(transitive) To inspect or investigate by dissection.]
subdissectverb	To separate items while dissecting
redissectverb	(transitive) To dissect again.
anatomizeverb	(transitive) To inspect or investigate by dissection.
discideverb	(transitive, obsolete) To cut apart; to cut into pieces.
dismemberverb	(transitive) To remove the limbs of.
medisectverb	(transitive) To incise in the median line; to perform a medisection of.
transectnoun	A path along which a researcher moves to count and record observations or collect data.
dressnoun	(countable) (clothing) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist.
decorticate	Having had the cortex removed
drawverb	Senses relating to exerting force or pulling.
depieceverb	(rare) To remove pieces from; to take apart, disassemble.
exsectverb	(transitive) To cut out or away; to remove by exsection.
disembowelverb	(transitive) To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.
sectionnoun	A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
eviscerateverb	(transitive) To disembowel; to remove the viscera.