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dissection

noun
/dɪˈsɛkʃən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dissectiōnem, perhaps via Middle French dissection. By surface analysis, dissect + -ion.

  1. borrowed from dissection
  2. borrowed from dissectio

Definitions

  1. The act of dissecting.

  2. Something dissected.

  3. A minute and detailed examination or analysis.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Surgical removal.

      • neck dissection
      • lymph node dissection

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Derived

antidissection, cryodissection, equidissection, hydrodissection, immunodissection, macrodissection, microdissection, redissection, stereodissection

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at dissection. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at dissection. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at dissection

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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