Dissection /(?)/

Dis·sec·tion

Dissection

n.
  1. The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I.
  2. Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.
  3. Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared.

Phrases & Compounds
Dissection wound
a poisoned wound incurred during the dissection of a dead body.