See Also: resection(dictionary)
Resection(medicine)
Resection(health)
gum resection(medicine)
Root resection(health)
Gastric resection(health)
wedge resection(medicine)
transurethral resection(medicine)
scleral resection(medicine)
root resection(medicine)

resection (iou)



resection noun. E17.
[Latin resectio(n-), formed as RESECT: see -ION.]
The action of cutting something off or away. E-M17.
Medicine. The operation of surgically removing (a portion of) an organ or tissue. L18.
Surveying. The process of determining the position of a point by taking bearings from points already mapped. L19.
resectional adjective L19.
resectionist noun (Medicine) a surgeon who carries out resection M20.