dissection

Borrowed from Latin dissectiōnem, perhaps via Middle French dissection.^[1] By surface analysis, dissect +‎ -ion.

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈsɛkʃən/, /daɪˈsɛkʃən/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

dissection (countable and uncountable, plural dissections)

1. The act of dissecting.
2. Something dissected. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (figurative) A minute and detailed examination or analysis.
4. (medicine) Surgical removal.

   neck dissection

   lymph node dissection

• dissect

• insectoids

Learned borrowing from Latin dissectiō.

• IPA^(key): /di.sɛk.sjɔ̃/

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dissection f (plural dissections)

1. dissection

• disséquer

• “dissection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012