resection

[ ri-sek-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.

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

Origin of resection

1
1605–15; <Latin resectiōn- (stem of resectiō) a cutting off, trimming, equivalent to resect(us) (see resect) + -iōn--ion

Other words from resection

  • re·sec·tion·al, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for resection

resection

/ (rɪˈsɛkʃən) /


noun
  1. surgery excision of part of a bone, organ, or other part

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

Derived forms of resection

  • resectional, adjective

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Scientific definitions for resection

resection

[ rĭ-sĕkshən ]


  1. 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.

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