microdissection

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?

Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós)

Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor.

English micro-

English dissection

English microdissection

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], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 January 2026:

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

Derived terms

• cryomicrodissection

Related terms

• microdissectional

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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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