dissection

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DISSECTION, noun [Latin] 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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