resection
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Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
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Surgery. the excision of all or part of an organ or tissue.
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surgery excision of part of a bone, organ, or other part
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surveying a method of fixing the position of a point by making angular observations to three fixed points
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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
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“Surgery August 12, 1947. Resection of humeral head.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2021
Resection, rē-sek′shun, n. act of cutting off: removal of a bone's articular extremity.—v.t.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Resection of the Liver.—It is remarkable to what extent portions of the liver may be resected by the knife, cautery, or ligature, and the patient recover.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
Resection is just the reverse of this process.
From Military Instructors Manual by Schoonmaker, Oliver
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