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RESECTION
resection
(noun) surgical removal of part of a structure or organ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
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.
Verb
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.
Anagrams
• 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
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