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Autopsy :: Autopsy (a.) Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination..

Parting :: Parting (n.) The surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets that of another section.

Latus Rectum :: Latus rectum () The line drawn through a focus of a conic section parallel to the directrix and terminated both ways by the curve. It is the parameter of the principal axis. See Focus, and Parameter..

Conics :: Conics (n.) Conic sections.

Ogee :: Ogee (n.) A molding, the section of which is the form of the letter S, with the convex part above; cyma reversa. See Illust. under Cyma..

Contour :: Contour (n.) The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification..

Dissection :: Dissection (n.) Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.

Profile :: Profile (n.) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of moldings and the like..

Prytanis :: Prytanis (n.) A member of one of the ten sections into which the Athenian senate of five hundred was divided, and to each of which belonged the presidency of the senate for about one tenth of the year..

Vivisect :: Vivisect (v. t.) To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive.

Paragraph :: Paragraph (n.) Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, e. g., a change of subject; now, the character /, commonly used in the text as a reference mark to a footnote, or to indicate the place of a division into sections..

Macle :: Macle (n.) Chiastolite; -- so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross section. See Chiastolite.

Cove :: Cove (n.) A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight..

Sectionally :: Sectionally (adv.) In a sectional manner.

Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) Intersection, as of two paths or roads..

Antivivisection :: Antivivisection (n.) Opposition to vivisection.

Ornithotomy :: Ornithotomy (n.) The anatomy or dissection of birds.

Branch :: Branch (n.) Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.

Block :: Block (v. t.) A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below..

Burkism :: Burkism (n.) The practice of killing persons for the purpose of selling their bodies for dissection.

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