dissection
- n cutting so as to separate into pieces
- n a minute and critical analysis
- n detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work)
dissembler
- n a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
dissembling
- n pretending with intention to deceive
- n the act of deceiving
- v make believe with the intent to deceive
- v hide under a false appearance
- v behave unnaturally or affectedly
disseminated lupus erythematosus
- n an inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms