resection
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ʃən 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.
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| —n | |
| 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 |
| re'sectional | |
| —adj | |
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Medical Dictionary
resection re·sec·tion (rĭ-sěk'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.
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
| resection (rĭ-sěk'shən) Pronunciation Key
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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Example sentences
Resection is used to remove damaged sections of the bowel.
Long-term results of laparoscopic colorectal cancer resection.
There are small number of surgeons who thought neoplasm only cancer and clean surgical resection as treatment of lymphoma.
Transurethral resection of the prostate may be done in rare cases if medical therapy is not successful.
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