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Dissect vs Prosector - What's the difference?

dissect | prosector |

As a verb dissect

is to study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.

As a noun prosector is

a person who prepares a body for dissection by students, or dissects them as demonstrations.

dissect

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • 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.
  • Now dissect the triceps away from its attachment on the humerus.
  • (pathology) Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.
  • Derived terms

    * dissection

    prosector

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia prosector) (en noun)
  • A person who prepares a body for dissection by students, or dissects them as demonstrations
  • Derived terms

    *prosector's wart

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