Dissect /(?)/

Dis·sect

Dissect

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Dissected; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissecting

  1. 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 structure and relations; to anatomize. (Anat.)
  2. To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely.
    This paragraph . . . I have dissected for a sample.