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Divided, as a palmate leaf, down to the midrib, so that the parenchyma is interrupted.

One who makes dissections for anatomical illustration; usually, the assistant of a professional anatomist.

A subdivision into four parts.

To cut or pare off; to remove by cutting.

The act of cutting or paring off. Cotgrave.

Painful vivisection; -- opposed to callisection. B. G. Wilder.

The operation of excising one or more of the bones of the tarsus.

To cut or divide into three parts.

Divided into three parts or segments by incisions extending to the midrib or to the base; -- said of leaves.

The division of a thing into three parts, Specifically: (Geom.) the division of an angle into three equal parts.

Resection or excision of the vas deferens.

The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood; bloodletting; phlebotomy.

To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive. [Colloq.] Pop. Sci. Monthly.

The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations.

Of or pertaining to vivisection.

One who practices or advocates vivisection; a vivisector.

A vivisectionist.

The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.

One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.

One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.