verb To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
verb To study a plant's or other organism's anatomy similarly.
verb To analyze an idea in detail by delineating between its parts.
verb To decontextualize an idea, especially through overanalysis by delineating between its parts too strongly based on style, usually involving pedantry, at the expense of substance.
verb To separate muscles, organs, etc. without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.
Now dissect the triceps away from its attachment on the humerus.
verb Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.