Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared.
The cutting up and examination of a body
The act of cutting apart or separating body tissues, especially to help study an organism’s anatomy.
the cutting apart of an organism to examine its structure
A careful operation which removes some structures but preserves others, eg in breast cancer removal of the axillary lymph nodes = axillary dissection.
The act of separating as in the removal of tissue, or tumors during a surgical procedure.
Latin disssecare = to cut up, from dis = apart, sectum = cut (c.f. anatomy).
surgery to divide, separate, or remove tissues. See also, axillary dissection.
cutting so as to separate into pieces
a surgical emergency that requires urgent and expeditious diagnosis and immediate surgical intervention
Identification, isolation and surgical removal.
Removal of specific tissue (breast lump), leaving surrounding tissues in place.
to cut apart for scientific examination, usually in reference to the study of animals or humans.
the cutting of tissues in an orderly manner so as to distinguish and separate anatomical parts from one another
The process of cutting apart or separating tissue as, for example, in the study of anatomy or in the course of a surgical procedure.
Surgical division or removal of tissue.