Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
dissection Audio
dis·sec·tion [ dih-sek-shuhn, dahy- ]
Subclass of:
Specimen processing (procedure); Operative Surgical Procedures
Definitions related to tissue dissection:
  • (dissection) Separation and isolation of tissues for surgical purposes, or for the analysis or study of their structures.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (dissection) The process of cutting apart or separating tissue as, for example, in the study of anatomy or in the course of a surgical procedure.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (dissection) The separation and isolation of tissues for surgical purposes, or for the analysis or study of their structures.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (vascular dissection) Spontaneous or induced tear within the wall of a blood vessel.
    U.S. FDA Glossary
    U.S. Food & Drug Administration, 2021
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