Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Dissect

Dissect , transitive verb

[Latin dissectus, past participle of dissecare; dis- + secare to cut. See Section.]

1.
(Anatomy) To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize.
2.
To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely.
This paragraph... I have dissected for a sample. — Atterbury