Definition of Dissecting

1. a. Dividing or separating the parts of an animal or vegetable body; as, a dissecting aneurism, one which makes its way between or within the coats of an artery.

Definition of Dissecting

1. Verb. (present participle of dissect) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dissecting

1. dissect [v] - See also: dissect

Medical Definition of Dissecting

1. 1. Dividing or separating the parts of an animal or vegetable body; as, a dissecting aneurism, one which makes its way between or within the coats of an artery. 2. Of or pertaining to, or received during, a dissection; as, a dissecting wound. 3. Used for or in dissecting; as, a dissecting knife; a dissecting microscope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissecting

dissaved
dissaver
dissavers
dissaves
dissaving
dissavings
disseat
disseated
disseating
disseats
dissect
dissectability
dissectable
dissected
dissectible
dissecting (current term)
dissecting aneurysm
dissecting cellulitis
dissection
dissection tubercle
dissections
dissector
dissectors
dissects
dissed
disseise
disseised
disseisee

Literary usage of Dissecting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Microscope and Its Revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter (1883)
"Siebert and Kraft's dissecting Microscope.—In making minute dissections, however, ... Such a support, in some Continental dissecting Microscopes—as those of ..."

2. A Laboratory manual and text-book of embryology by Charles William Prentiss (1922)
"Success in dissecting such small embryos depends: (i) on the fixation and hardening of ... dissecting instruments include a binocular dissecting microscope, ..."

3. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1901)
"dissecting vascular aneurysm is the result of an incomplete rupture of the arterial wall from within, through which the blood by its hemo- dynamic pressure ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1901)
"Interparietal and intra- parietal extension may occur, and many so-called dissecting aneurisms of the heart take their origin in the beginning of the aorta. ..."

5. A Textbook in the Principles of Science Teaching by George Ransom Twiss (1917)
"The dissecting needle can be made by sticking a large sewing needle into the butt ... dissecting microscopes. — Better than the magnifiers are the various ..."

6. Handbook of Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger, William Hillhouse (1900)
"An exceedingly simple dissecting stand by Leitz is illustrated in Fig. ... 80 represents a very simple dissecting microscope by Zeiss, over the stage (ot) ..."

7. A Course in Vertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1905)
"Each student should have a large dissecting pan — in the bottom of which is a layer of black wax — and a dissecting board. He should also have a number of ..."

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