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Discover LudwigThe phrase "were dissected" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is in the passive voice and is used to describe a past action being done to someone or something. Example: In the lab, the frog specimens were dissected by the students to study their anatomy.
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were dissected
verb
To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
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Some were dissected a week later.
Animals were dissected after imaging.
Subcutaneous tissues were dissected bluntly.
Thirteen fresh-frozen cadaver elbows were dissected.
Mice were dissected 1 h p.i.
Muscles were dissected subperiosteally using a scalpel.
At E13.5, embryos were dissected for observation.
Ten cadaveric lower limbs were dissected.
7 and no. 9 were dissected.
We were dissected by numbers, defined by our SSNs or the numbers tattooed to our arms.
Sacrifice day 4. Uteri were dissected and weighed.
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