To take a sample (a biopsy) for pathological examination.
The removal and examination of a sample of tissue, cells, or bodily fluid from a living body for diagnostic purposes.
To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.
Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.
To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.