dissection C1 Topic:Education & Learning US /dɪˈsɛkʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #25837 Meanings 1 noun The act of cutting open a body to study its parts. The biology students prepared for the frog dissection in the lab. 2 noun A careful, detailed examination of something. Her dissection of the poem revealed layers of hidden meaning. Thesaurus Word family Forms dissections Derived forms antidissectioncryodissectionequidissectionhydrodissectionimmunodissectionmacrodissectionmicrodissectionredissectionstereodissection Related forms dissect Etymology AI details Borrowed from Latin dissectiōnem, perhaps via Middle French dissection. By surface analysis, dissect + -ion. dissection Middle French View etymology graph -> Topics Education & Learning Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # dissection **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /dɪˈsɛkʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 25837 ## Meanings 1. The act of cutting open a body to study its parts. 2. A careful, detailed examination of something. ## Examples - The biology students prepared for the frog dissection in the lab. - Her dissection of the poem revealed layers of hidden meaning. ## Derived Forms - antidissection - cryodissection - equidissection - hydrodissection - immunodissection - macrodissection - microdissection - redissection - stereodissection ## Related Forms - dissect ## Roots and Affixes - Root: dissection ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin dissectiōnem, perhaps via Middle French dissection. By surface analysis, dissect + -ion. ## AI Etymology Dissection is borrowed from Latin dissectiōnem, perhaps via Middle French dissection. By surface analysis, dissect + -ion. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In present-day use, it can mean the act of cutting open a body to study its parts, or a careful, detailed examination of something. Related forms include dissect. Derived formations include antidissection, cryodissection, equidissection, hydrodissection, immunodissection. ## Topics - Education & Learning - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown