anatomise
/əˈnætəmaɪz/
verb
- To cut apart a dead animal or plant in order to study its structure.
- In veterinary school, students learn to anatomise a frog to understand its organs.
- They will anatomise the flower in today's botany lab.
- The scientist carefully anatomised the fish to examine its digestive system.
- To examine or analyze something in very great detail.
- The report anatomises the company's financial problems with great precision.
- The critic anatomised the movie scene by scene, pointing out every flaw.
- She anatomised the contract to find any hidden fees.