resection
(noun) surgical removal of part of a structure or organ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
resection (plural resections)
(medicine) The surgical excision of part or all of a tissue or organ.
(surveying) A method of determining a position by using a map and compass bearings for two additional points.
A section of a tire that has had worn tread replaced.
resection (third-person singular simple present resections, present participle resectioning, simple past and past participle resectioned)
(medicine) To excise part or all of a tissue or organ.
(surveying) To determine positions using compass bearings based on three or more known positions.
(digital image processing) To estimate a camera projection matrix from known position data and image entities.
To redivide into new sections.
(education) To transfer students into new class groupings or grade levels.
(civil engineering) To deepen or widen a river or other natural watercourse for flood control, land drainage, or navigation.
(civil engineering, chiefly, India) To remove material from the surface of a road in order to achieve a uniform thickness.
To thinly slice a specimen as part of its preparation, such as when preparing a microscope slide.
To replace a worn section of tire with new tread.
(UK, AU, NZ) To readmit involuntarily into a mental hospital.
• erections, isocenter, isocentre, necrotise, neoterics, secretion, tricosene
Source: Wiktionary
Re*sec"tion (r-sk"shn), n. Etym: [L. resectio: cf. F. résection.]
1. The act of cutting or paring off. Cotgrave.
2. (Surg.)
Definition: The removal of the articular extremity of a bone, or of the ends of the bones in a false articulation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 January 2025
(noun) either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
