ANATOMISE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they anatomise ... he / she / it anatomises

Past simple: anatomised

Past participle: anatomised

-ing form: anatomising

Meaning:

Dissect in order to analyze

Example:

anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease

Synonyms:

anatomise; anatomize

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "anatomise" is one way to...):

dissect (cut open or cut apart)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

anatomy (a detailed analysis)

anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)