dissect

a. 1. Cut into several parts; divided into sections; as, a dissected map. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a dissected leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being dissected, or separated by dissection. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Dividing or separating the parts of an animal or vegetable body; as, a dissecting aneurism, one which makes its way between or within the coats of an artery. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to, or received during, a dissection; as, a dissecting wound. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Used for or in dissecting; as, a dissecting knife; a dissecting microscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 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 I. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dissection wound, a poisoned wound incurred during the dissection of a dead body. [ 1913 Webster ]