resection

[ ri-sek-shuh n ]

/ rɪˈsɛk ʃən /

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noun

Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.

Surgery. the excision of all or part of an organ or tissue.

Nearby words

research-intensive, reseat, reseau, resect, resectable, resection, resectoscope, reseda, reselect, resell, resemblance

Origin of resection

1605–15; < Latin resectiōn- (stem of resectiō) a cutting off, trimming, equivalent to resect(us) (see resect) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms

re·sec·tion·al, adjective

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Examples from the Web for resection

No case of amputation, nor of resection, at the hip-joint has returned from the Indian mutiny.
A Treatise on Gunshot Wounds|Thomas Longmore
If the blood supply after the resection is evidently to be poor, resection is useless.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation|Austin O'Malley
Pain shooting up to the ear may be relieved by resection of the lingual nerve, or the injection of alcohol into its substance.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles
It soon became obvious that resection of the spinal accessory was insufficient.
Tics and Their Treatment|Henry Meigne

Almost certainly function could be restored where the resection of the tubes is not too destructive.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation|Austin O'Malley

British Dictionary definitions for resection

resection

/ (rɪˈsɛkʃən) /

noun

surgery excision of part of a bone, organ, or other part

surveying a method of fixing the position of a point by making angular observations to three fixed points

Derived Forms

resectional, adjective

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Medicine definitions for resection

resection

[ rĭ-sĕk′shən ]

n.

Surgical removal of part of an organ or a structure.

Removal of the articular ends of one or both bones forming a joint.

Science definitions for resection

resection

[ rĭ-sĕk′shən ]

Surgical removal of all or part of an organ, tissue, or structure. A wedge resection is removal of a piece of tissue that is triangularly shaped.