dissection

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

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

dissection Middle French

View etymology graph ->

Topics

The Human Body Word Formation & Derivatives

External links

# 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
- The Human Body
- Word Formation & Derivatives

markdown