DISSECTING
Dis*sect"ing, a.
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.
DISSECTION
Dis*sec"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dissection.]
1. The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I.
2. Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.
3. Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared. Dissection wound, a poisoned wound incurred during the dissection of a dead body.
DISSECTOR
Dis*sect"or, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dissecteur.]
Defn: One who dissects; an anatomist.