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dissector|dɪˈsɛktə(r)| Also -er. [agent-n. in L. form, from L. dissecāre to dissect. Cf. F. dissecteur.] a. One who dissects, esp. anatomically.
1578Banister Hist. Man i. 22 b, The most famous dissectors, and princes of Anathomy. 1615Crooke Body of Man 306 A most expert Chyrurgion, and the ordinary dissecter to the Colledge of Physitians at Monpelier. 1645Evelyn Diary, The theatre [at Padua] for anatomie..is excellently contriv'd both for the dissector and spectators. 1794European Mag. XXV. 454 Mr. Jones, dissector to St. Bartholomews Hospital. 1819P.O. Lond. Direct. 305 Map⁓mounter and Dissecter. 1839Carlyle Chartism vii. in Misc. (1872) VI. 153 A determined despiser and dissector of cant. 1847Emerson Repr. Men, Swedenborg Wks. (Bohn) I. 316 Unrivalled dissectors..had left nothing for scalpel or microscope to reveal in human or comparative anatomy. b. A dissecting instrument.
a1860A. R. Smith Med. Student (1861) 6 He perpetually carries a Dublin dissector under his arm. 1910Practitioner July 118 If the appendix..is concealed under massive granulations, careful search with swab, blunt dissector and the occasional use of scissors will rarely fail to bring it into view. |