analysis

Term: analysis

Origin: Anc Greek
ανάλυσις/analysis(=breaking up of any whole into its parts) > verb αναλύω/analeo
> ανά/ana(=upon, throughout)+ λύω/leo (break up, solve)

Definition:

the separating of any material or problem into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).

Runon derivatives :

Psychoanalysis, urinalysis