1. to dissect (a cadaver or anatomical specimen) for demonstration or teaching purposes
Usage: medical; academic

Examples

• The anatomy professor will prosect the cadaver before the students arrive.
• Medical students watched as the instructor prosected the heart specimen.
• The lab technician carefully prosected the brain to show different regions.
• She learned to prosect various organs during her anatomy course.
• The demonstration required someone skilled to prosect the specimen properly.