DISSECT

v. tr. Di -se2kt'. Lat., dis sec are. Fr., di equer. Ger., abprapariren, zerschneiden. It., dis sec are. Sp., disecar. Lit., to cut apart, to cut to pieces; as now used, to trace out and expose the individual structures of an organism by carefully cutting or tearing away from them such other parts as interfere with their examination. [s. 596]