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The words BISECT and DISSECT probably remind all of us of classes and laboratory experiments in Biology. It is not surprising to find these two words used extensively in the medical profession. An exception would be in fields like math (trigonometry and geometry) or simple analysis (dissecting a problem!).
When a subject is DISSECTED, it is cut up into many parts so that the individual components and/ or the whole may be examined. When a subject is BISECTED, it is cut into two (not necessarily equal) parts. The action implied when the word BISECT is used is fairly obvious: A subject is cut into two parts. Thus, it would be extremely redundant to use the term “bisect into two” parts.
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