Definitions for resection

resection re·sec·tion

Spelling: [ri-sek-shuh n]
IPA: /rɪˈsɛk ʃən/

Resection is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 659 anagrams from letters in resection (ceeinorst).

Definitions for resection

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

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

Examples for resection

It has not yet been decided whether the results of the resection of nerve roots justify the risk.

Removal of the talus is an alternative operation to resection of the tarsus, and may yield equally good results.

At ten I assist my seniors during two amputations and a resection.

This is considered to be justification enough for the removal of the ovaries or at least for their resection.

No case of amputation, nor of resection, at the hip-joint has returned from the Indian mutiny.

If the blood supply after the resection is evidently to be poor, resection is useless.

As yet, it is too soon to express a positive opinion as to the value of resection of gastric cancer.

It soon became obvious that resection of the spinal accessory was insufficient.

Simple division of these nerves or resection of the accessory alone has not proved permanently curative.

Pain shooting up to the ear may be relieved by resection of the lingual nerve, or the injection of alcohol into its substance.

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