0 present participle of dissect
1 to cut open something, especially a dead body or a plant, and study its structure:
Parasites were observed under a dissecting microscope and alterations in their behaviour noted over time.
Twigs pruned to 4 cm length and carrying the experimental egg batch were fixed under a dissecting microscope with 16-fold magnification.
Notums were positioned on slides and photographed directly under a dissecting microscope.
Four days later fish were re-anaesthetized and trophonts in host tissue counted under a dissecting microscope.
Dissecting the free energy of binding into enthalpy and entropy is, we believe, crucial to addressing the problem of rational ligand design.
The fins were removed and examined under the dissecting microscope and any lesions or cysts observed were examined more thoroughly.
The contents were examined grossly, then re-examined under a 10 dissecting microscope to ensure retrieval of all worms or worm larvae.
At 14 days post-exposure metacercarial cysts were obtained by dissecting hosts using fine steel needles.
