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cutting procedure used in anatomy
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dissection

Summary

dissection ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,593 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • dissection is a type of surgical procedure[2].
  • dissection is a type of corpse dismemberment[3].
  • dissection's Commons category is recorded as Dissection[4].
  • dissection's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dissection[5].
  • dissection's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6].
  • dissection's different from is recorded as bisection[7].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include surgical procedure[2] and corpse dismemberment[3].

Why It Matters

dissection ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,593 views/month).[1] dissection has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). dissection. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/dissection-q116646
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  1. 3h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Different from → bisection
    Topic's main category → Category:Dissection
    Aliases → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007557959005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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