\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.