dissection

dissection is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I.
2. noun. Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.
3. noun. Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared.
4. noun. cutting so as to separate into pieces
5. noun. detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work)
6. noun. a minute and critical analysis

Common word forms

dissections, dissectional

Words from these letters

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