Vocab List 12: Sect

Front

(v) - to cut into two pieces

Back

bisect

Front

(v) - to cut apart for investigation

Back

dissect

Front

(n) - a small arthropod with three body sections: head, thorax, abdomen.

Back

insect

Front

(n) - point where two lines or roads meet and cross

Back

intersection

Front

(n) - a separate part of something

Back

section

Front

(n) - a couch made of separate pieces

Back

sectional

Front

(n) - a distinct part of a society or area

Back

sector

Front

(v) - to cut across something

Back

transect

Front

(v) - to cut into three pieces

Back

trisect

Front

(n) - surgery on living animals for medical research involving cutting into them to study organs, tissues, or diseases.

Back

vivisection