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    Dissection

    Definitions

    1 | noun | cutting so as to separate into pieces 2 | noun | a minute and critical analysis 3 | noun | detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work)

    Pronunciation

    dahys'ekshuhn (IPA: daɪsˈɛkʃən)

    Hyphenation

    dis-sec-tion (10 letters | 3 syllables)

    First known use in English

    1581 (Elizabethan era | European Renaissance) (444 years ago)

    Word origins

    Middle French |

    Word frequency history

    Inflected form

    dissections

    Broader terms

    cut | cutting | analysis | analytic thinking (total: 4)

    Rhymes

    advection | affection | circumspection | collection | complexion | confection | connection | convection | correction | defection | detection | direction | disaffection | disconnection | disinfection | ... (total: 42) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    dissecting | dissension | midsection

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Translations

    Spanish: | disección (medicine) French: | dissection (medicine) Portuguese: | dissecação (medicine) | dissecção (medicine) German: | Sezieren (medicine) | Sektion (medicine) Japanese: | 解剖 (common noun) | 離断 (common noun) | 腑分け (common noun)

    Other notable uses

    dissection.com | dissection.net | dissection.org | dissection.info

    Crossword puzzle clues

    (none)

    Scrabble score

    13 (International English) | 13 (North American English)

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