verb
- Cut open or cut apart.
- usage: "dissect the bodies for analysis"
- synonyms: dissect
- Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features.
- usage: "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound"
- synonyms: analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart
adjective
- Having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib.
- synonyms: cleft
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