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Dissection

/daɪˈsɛkʃən/

The act of dissecting, or something dissected

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noun

1
The act of dissecting, or something dissected
2
A minute and detailed examination or analysis

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Word	Definition
autopsynoun	A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death.
decompositionnoun	A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.
decaynoun	(ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.
post-mortemnoun	Alternative spelling of post mortem. [An investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death.]
decomposing	becoming rotten
anatomizationnoun	A process or act of anatomizing.
examinationnoun	(education) A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.
analysisnoun	(countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory, etc.).
vivisectionnoun	The act or instance of cutting, surgery, or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation.
necropsynoun	(medicine) The pathological examination of a corpse, particularly to determine cause of death.
parsingnoun	(uncountable) The act or process in which an agent (person or computer) parses something (a text, a program).
segmentationnoun	The act or an instance of dividing into segments.
probenoun	(ambitransitive) To explore, investigate, question, test, or prove.
inspectionnoun	The act of examining something, often closely.
investigationnoun	The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination
scrutinynoun	Intense study of someone or something.
explorationnoun	The process of exploring.
deconstructionnoun	The destroying or taking apart of an object; disassembly.
breakdownnoun	(countable) A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.
cuttingnoun	(countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.