microdissection
English
Etymology
From micro- + dissection.
Noun
microdissection (plural microdissections)
- A dissection using a microscope and very fine instruments.
- 2022 October 17, Rachel E. Gross, “Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Don’t Doctors Study It?”, in The New York Times:
- Dr. O’Connell set out to investigate the full anatomy of the clitoris using microdissection and magnetic resonance imaging.
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Related terms
- microdissectional
French
Noun
microdissection f (plural microdissections)
- microdissection
Further reading
- “microdissection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.