dissected Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cut open or cut apart
    dissect.
    • dissect the bodies for analysis
  2. verb make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
    take apart; dissect; analyze; analyse; break down.
    • analyze a specimen
    • analyze a sentence
    • analyze a chemical compound
  3. adjective satellite having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib
    cleft.

WordNet


Dis*sect"ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Cut into several parts; divided into sections; as, a dissected map.
  2. (Bot.) Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a dissected leaf.

Webster 1913