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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cutting up, particularly of a dead body |
| Synonyms: | anatomization, anatomy, autopsy, dismemberment, examination, necropsy, operation, postmortem, vivisection |
| Antonyms: | connection, joining, mending, sewing |
| Main Entry: | analysis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examination and determination |
| Synonyms: | assay, breakdown, dissection, dissolution, division, inquiry, investigation, partition, reasoning, resolution, scrutiny, search, separation, study, subdivision, test |
| Notes: | analysis is breaking down or taking apart; synthesis is bringing together |
| Main Entry: | anatomy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | study of animal, plant structure |
| Synonyms: | analysis, biology, cytology, diagnosis, dissection, division, embryology, etiology, examination, genetics, histology, inquiry, investigation, medicine, morphology, physiology, zoology |
| Main Entry: | autopsy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examination of dead body |
| Synonyms: | dissection, necropsy, pathological examination, postmortem |
| Main Entry: | breakdown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account of finances or other business |
| Synonyms: | analysis, categorization, classification, detailed list, diagnosis, dissection, itemization, resolution |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incision |
| Synonyms: | carving, chip, chop, cleavage, cleft, dissection, fissure, furrow, gash, graze, groove, intersection, kerf, laceration, mark, nick, nip, notch, opening, passage, penetration, pierce, prick, rabbet, rent, rip, scarification, sculpture, section, shave, slash, slit, slot, snip, stab, stroke, trench, trim, wound |
| Main Entry: | examination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | test, analysis |
| Synonyms: | assay, audit, battery, blue book, breakdown, canvass, catechism, checking, checkup, cross-examination, diagnosis, dissection, exam, experiment, exploration, final, grilling, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, investigation, legwork, make-up, observation, once-over, oral, perlustration, perusal, probe, quest, questioning, questionnaire, quiz, raid, reconnaissance, research, review, scan, scrutiny, search, study, survey, the eye, third degree, trial, tryout, view, written |
| Main Entry: | experiment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigation, test |
| Synonyms: | R and D, agreement, analysis, assay, attempt, check, dissection, dry run, enterprise, essay, examination, exercise, experimentation, fling*, measure, observation, operation, practice, probe, procedure, proof, quiz, rehearsal, research, research and development, scrutiny, search, speculation, study, trial, trial and error, trial run, try, try-on, tryout, undertaking, venture, verification |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cut, slit |
| Synonyms: | carving, cleavage, cleft, dissection, gash, groove, laceration, mark, nick, nip, notch, opening, pierce, slash, stab, wound |
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