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predissected

predissected adjective: having been dissected in advance.

Adjective

predissected (not comparable)

  1. Having been dissected in advance.
    • There has been a trend among medical schools to eliminate the gross anatomy lab dissection, replacing it with a (far less time-consuming) study of predissected, preserved prosections and computerized simulations.2007 June 24, Mary Roach, “Love and Human Remains”, in New York Times

Origin of predissected

From pre- + dissected.

Questions about predissected

What does predissected mean?
Predissected means having been dissected in advance.
What part of speech is predissected?
Predissected is an adjective.

Words near predissected in the dictionary

  1. predispositional
  2. predispositionally
  3. predispositions
  4. predispute
  5. predisruption
  6. predissected
  7. predissemination
  8. predissertation
  9. predissociation
  10. predissociations
  11. predissolution

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