Both Uses of
detach
in
The Hot Zone
- The connective tissue in his face is dissolving, and his face appears to hang from the underlying bone, as if the face is detaching itself from the skull.†
p. 18.0 *detaching = separating
- By off the plastic he meant that the dead cells had detached from the surface of the flask and had floated away in the broth.†
p. 184.7detached = separated OR emotionally uninvolved (separated from emotions)
Definition:
to separate something from something else (physically or emotionally)