Dissect vs Sever - What's the difference?

Dissect is a related term of sever.

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

(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.

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(en verb)

To cut free.

After he graduated, he severed all links to his family.

to sever the head from the body

* Bible, Matthew xiii. 49

The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.

To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.

(Shakespeare)

To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.

The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt. — Ex. ix. 4.

They claimed the right of severing in their challenge. — Macaulay.

(legal) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate.

to sever an estate in joint tenancy

(Blackstone)

* becut * cut off

* severable * severally

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