dissection

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The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I.

Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.

Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared.

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Among Niccolò's translations is a piece from a medical treatise by Galen, of which the original text is lost. citation Renaissance Galen's Opera omnia, dissection of a pig. Source: Internet

Although he conducted some of his studies using vivisection and others through the dissection of corpses, his most illustrative efforts appear to have been based on the use of the microscope. Source: Internet

Atherosclerosis is also associated with problems such as aneurysm formation or splitting ("dissection") of arteries. Source: Internet

Because of its relation to aortic dissection, blood pressure must be regularly monitored and hypertension should be treated aggressively with an aim to keep blood pressure below 140/80 mmHg. Source: Internet

Annals Emerg Med 1993;22:1060-3 More recently, carotid artery dissection leading to a type of stroke after bungee jumping has also been described. Source: Internet

All of them can be seen to be related to a regular or uniform polyhedron by gyration, diminishment, or dissection. Source: Internet

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