dissection

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Surgical removal.

   neck dissection

2. 2
   noun

   cutting so as to separate into pieces

3. 3
   noun

   detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work)

4. 4
   noun

   a minute and critical analysis

5. 5
   noun

   The act of dissecting.

6. 6
   noun

   Something dissected.

7. 7
   noun

   A minute and detailed examination or analysis.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dissectiōnem, perhaps via Middle French dissection. By surface analysis, dissect + -ion.