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Dissection wound

Dissection \Dis*sec"tion\, n. [Cf. F. dissection.]

  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.

    Dissection wound, a poisoned wound incurred during the dissection of a dead body.