microdissection

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ dissection.

Noun

microdissection (plural microdissections)

1. 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^[1]:

     Dr. O’Connell set out to investigate the full anatomy of the clitoris using microdissection and magnetic resonance imaging.

Related terms

• microdissectional

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

microdissection f (plural microdissections)

1. microdissection

Further reading

• “microdissection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.