dissected
Americanadjective
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Botany. deeply divided into numerous segments, as a leaf.
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Physical Geography. separated, by erosion, into many closely spaced crevices or gorges, as the surface of a plateau.
adjective
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botany in the form of narrow lobes or segments
dissected leaves
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geology (of plains) cut by erosion into hills and valleys, esp following tectonic movements
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The merits or otherwise of these opinions will now be dissected and analysed - and Carrick knows it.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
The German creator of the controversial "Body Worlds" exhibitions of dissected human and animal bodies, Gunther von Hagens, has died at age 81, his family said Monday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
The bodies of women were sometimes dissected but rarely reported.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
Brockman’s journal entries were dissected in the courtroom and broadcast to strangers around the world because they’re a window into what OpenAI’s leaders were thinking during that period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
They cut apart birds to trace the structure of the avian skeleton, and, masked in leather hoods, they dissected a skunk.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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