dissecting Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cut open or cut apart
    dissect.
    • dissect the bodies for analysis
  2. verb make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
    take apart; dissect; analyze; analyse; break down.
    • analyze a specimen
    • analyze a sentence
    • analyze a chemical compound

WordNet

Dis*sect"ing adjective
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913