dissect
v. C1 Advanced US //daɪˈsɛkt// UK //dˈaɪsɛkt// dis·sect
v. to cut open a body or an object to look at its parts. You usually do this to learn about how something works or to find a problem.
v. to cut open a body or object to examine its internal structure or to analyze a subject in detail. Often used in medical, surgical, or academic contexts.
The surgeon will dissect the tissue to find the cause of the infection.
During the biology class, the students had to dissect a frog to understand its internal organs.
The forensic team carefully dissected the evidence to determine the exact sequence of events that led to the structural failure of the bridge.
Borrowed from Latin dissectus past participle of dissecare (“to cut asunder, cut up”), from dis- (“asunder”) + secare (“to cut”); see section.