Dissect vs Mutilate - What's the difference?
dissect | mutilate |
To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.
To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
(transitive, anatomy, surgery) To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.
(pathology) Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.
To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
To destroy beyond recognition.
(figuratively) To render imperfect or defective.
(obsolete) Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.
(zoology) Having fin-like appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean does.
(Webster 1913)
As verbs the difference between dissect and mutilate
is that dissect is to study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy while mutilate is to physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.As an adjective mutilate is
(obsolete) deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.dissect
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Verb
(en verb)- Now dissect the triceps away from its attachment on the humerus.
Derived terms
* dissectionExternal links
* * *mutilate
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Verb
(en-verb)Synonyms
* maim * mangleDerived terms
* mutilation * mutilative * mutilatorSee also
* amputate, amputation * castrate, castration * circumcise, circumcisionAdjective
(-)- (Sir Thomas Browne)