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71Hellenistic biological sciences — R.J.Kankinson The five centuries that separate Aristotle’s death in 322 BC from Galen’s ascendancy in Rome in the latter part of the second century AD were fertile ones for the biological sciences, in particular medicine. Nor is the period solely …
72criticize — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. judge, censure, excoriate, blame, reprove, flay; examine, dissect, analyze, review; nitpick; roast, pan, badmouth (all sl.). See disapprobation, detraction, judgment. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make …
73dismember — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. disjoint, disarticulate, dissect, tear limb from limb, cut to pieces. See disjunction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dissect, disjoint, amputate; see cut 1 , divide 1 , maim . III (Roget s 3… …
74anatomize — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dissect, cut up, lay bare, examine; see analyze 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To separate into parts for study: analyze, break down, dissect, resolve. See ASSEMBLE, INVESTIGATE …
75break down — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To analyze] Syn. examine, investigate, dissect; see analyze 1 . 2. [To overcome] Syn. surmount, overwhelm, conquer; see defeat 1 , 2 . 3. [To malfunction] Syn. fail, stop, malfunction, go out of order, falter, misfire, give… …
76Decomposition — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Decomposition >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 decomposition decomposition analysis dissection resolution catalysis dissolution Sgm: N 1 corruption corruption &c.(uncleanness) 653 Sgm: N 1 dispersion dispersion …
77sail — [OE] Sail has numerous relatives in the other Germanic languages, among them German and Swedish segel, Dutch zeil, and Danish sejl. These all come from a prehistoric Germanic *seglam, which some have traced back to an Indo European *seklom. This… …
78section — [16] Section is one of a wide range of English words that go back to Latin secāre ‘cut’. Others include bisect [17], dissect [17], insect, intersect [17], secateurs [19], sector [16], and segment [16]. It goes back ultimately to the Indo European …
79sail — [OE] Sail has numerous relatives in the other Germanic languages, among them German and Swedish segel, Dutch zeil, and Danish sejl. These all come from a prehistoric Germanic *seglam, which some have traced back to an Indo European *seklom. This… …
80section — [16] Section is one of a wide range of English words that go back to Latin secāre ‘cut’. Others include bisect [17], dissect [17], insect, intersect [17], secateurs [19], sector [16], and segment [16]. It goes back ultimately to the Indo European …
