Root Word Sect

Front

a separate part of something

Back

section

Front

surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into living animals to study organs, tissues, or diseases

Back

vivisection

Front

a separate part of society, group, or area

Back

sector

Front

a couch that is made up of separate pieces

Back

sectional

Front

a class of small arthropod animals that has three separate sections to their bodies: head, thorax, abdomen

Back

insect

Front

to cut into three pieces

Back

trisect

Front

to cut into two pieces

Back

bisect

Front

The point at which two lines or roads meet and cut across each other.

Back

intersection

Front

to cut apart for the purpose of investigation

Back

dissect

Front

to cut across something

Back

transect