Word Root sect=cut; separate

to cut into pieces

• bisect

• sectional

• transect

• trisect

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

• section

• dissect

• sector

• vivisection

to cut apart for the purpose of investigation 

• sector

• dissect

• transect

• trisect

to cut into three separate pieces

• dissect

• sectional

• trisect

• vivisection

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

• insect

• transect

• bisect

• trisect

to cut across something

• insect

• section

• transect

• section

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

• sectional

• vivisection

• intersection

• sector

a separate part of society, group, or area

• bisect

• trisect

• insect

• sector

a separate part of something

• sectional

• section

• dissect

• bisect

a couch that is made up of separate pieces

• section

• trisect

• sectional

• insect