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DISSECTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cutting so as to separate into pieces
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("dissection" is a kind of...):
cut; cutting (the act of cutting something into parts)
Derivation:
dissect (cut open or cut apart)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("dissection" is a kind of...):
analysis (an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole)
Derivation:
dissect (make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A minute and critical analysis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dissection" is a kind of...):
analysis; analytic thinking (the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations)
Derivation:
dissect (make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features)
Context examples:
Splitting or dissection of an arterial wall by blood entering through an intimal tear or by interstitial hemorrhage.
(Dissecting Aneurysm, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A postmortem examination of the body that includes an examination of the internal organs and structures after dissection to determine the cause of death and the nature of pathological changes.
(Autopsy, NCI Thesaurus)
The classification is based on axillary lymph node dissection with or without sentinel lymph node biopsy.
(Breast Cancer Pathologic Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by vascular abnormalities (aortic and arterial aneurysms, aortic dissection, and tortuosity of the arteries), hypertelorism, bifid uvula, and early fusion of the skull bones.
(Loeys-Dietz Syndrome Type 1, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called axillary dissection.
(Axillary lymph node dissection, NCI Dictionary)
For a regional lymph node dissection, some of the lymph nodes in the tumor area are removed; for a radical lymph node dissection, most or all of the lymph nodes in the tumor area are removed.
(Lymph node dissection, NCI Dictionary)
In a lump; as a whole; used to refer to autopsy techniques in which visceral organs are removed in large blocks allowing the prosector to retain a continuity in organ architecture during the subsequent dissection.
(En Bloc, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called lymph node dissection.
(Lymphadenectomy, NCI Dictionary)
