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Dissection
The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I.
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A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the compo…
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of Cut
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of Cut
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To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their stru…
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To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their stru…
oewn 2023
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