resection

[ri-sek-shuh n]

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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.

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Origin of resection

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

Related formsre·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

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 Formsresectional, adjective

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Word Origin and History for resection

resection

1610s, from Latin resectionem (moninative resectio), noun of action from past participle stem of resecare "cut off, cut loose" (see resect). Surgical sense is from 1775.

Medicine definitions for resection