SECT Pretest vocab. words (definitions & roots)

Front

Cut apart for investigation

Back

dissect

Front

Cut into 2 pieces

Back

bisect

Front

Class of small arthropods with 3 body sections: head, thorax, abdomen.

Back

insect

Front

Point where 2 lines or roads meet and cross.

Back

intersection

Front

Separate part of something

Back

section

Front

A couch made of separate pieces.

Back

sectional

Front

Separate part of a society or area

Back

sector

Front

Cut across something

Back

transect

Front

Cut into 3 pieces

Back

trisect

Front

Surgery on living animals for medical research; involves cutting into animals to study organs, tissues, or diseases.

Back

vivisection