7 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
verb cut open or cut apart
verb make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
originBorrowed from Latin dissectus past participle of dissecare (“to cut asunder, cut up”), from dis- (“asunder”) + secare (“to cut”); see section.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0