1. [verb] (transitive) To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
2. [verb] (transitive) To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.
3. [verb] (transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
4. [verb] (transitive) (anatomy) (surgery) To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.
5. [verb] (transitive) (pathology) Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.
6. [verb] Cut open or cut apart; 'dissect the bodies for analysis'.
7. [verb] Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; 'analyze a specimen'; 'analyze a sentence'; 'analyze a chemical compound'.
