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dissection

[dih-sek-shuhn, dahy-] / dɪˈsɛk ʃən, daɪ- /




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Dissection isn't always the best way to understand a body.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2022

“Death, Dissection and the Destitute” was published in 1987 and turned Dr. Richardson into a historian with a medical bent.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2021

Dissection is still used in medical schools, anatomy courses, and in pathology labs.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

A conservator installs the plaster cast of James Legg for Doctors, Dissection and Resurrection Men at the Museum of London.

From The Guardian • Sep. 30, 2012

There occurred to us many Particularities in this Dissection; but being unwilling to burden my Reader's Memory too much, I shall reserve this Subject for the Speculation of another Day.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph




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