Dissect vs. Resect

Dissectverb

(transitive) To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.

Dissectverb

(transitive) To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.

Dissectverb

(transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.

Dissectverb

To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.

Dissectverb

Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.

Dissectverb

To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize.

Dissectverb

To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely.

Dissectverb

cut open or cut apart;

Dissectverb

make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features;

Resectverb

To remove (some part of an organ or structure) by surgical means.

Resectverb

To cut or pare off; to remove by cutting.

Resectverb

surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ