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

Herpetotomy :: Herpetotomy (n.) The anatomy or dissection of reptiles.

Neurotomy :: Neurotomy (n.) The dissection, or anatomy, of the nervous system..

Dissection :: Dissection (n.) Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared..

Myotomy :: Myotomy (n.) The dissection, or that part of anatomy which treats of the dissection, of muscles..

Ichthyoomy :: Ichthyoomy (n.) The anatomy or dissection of fishes.

Vivisection :: Vivisection (n.) The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations..

Anatomically :: Anatomically (adv.) In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection.

Splenotomy :: Splenotomy (n.) Dissection or anatomy of the spleen.

Splandrel :: Splanchnotomy (n.) The dissection, or anatomy, of the viscera..

Dissecting :: Dissecting (a.) Of or pertaining to, or received during, a dissection; as, a dissecting wound..

Resurrectionist :: Resurrectionist (n.) One who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection..

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

Costotome :: Costotome (n.) An instrument (chisel or shears) to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity, in post-mortem examinations and dissections..

Anatomy :: Anatomy (n.) The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection..

Subject :: Subject (a.) That which is subjected, or submitted to, any physical operation or process; specifically (Anat.), a dead body used for the purpose of dissection..

Aponeurotomy :: Aponeurotomy (n.) Dissection of aponeuroses.

Phytotomy :: Phytotomy (n.) The dissection of plants; vegetable anatomy.

Burke :: Burke (v. t.) To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection..

Prosector :: Prosector (n.) One who makes dissections for anatomical illustration; usually, the assistant of a professional anatomist..

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