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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Surgical excision of dead tissue.
- noun Dissection of a dead body.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A surgical operation for the removal of necrosed bone.
- noun Dissection of dead bodies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The dissection of dead bodies; also, excision of necrosed bone.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
dissection of acadaver . - noun medicine The
surgical removal of dead tissue, especiallybone .
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