See Also: synaptobrevin(medicine)

resection (iou) and synaptobrevin (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.

synaptobrevin (medicine)


synaptobrevin
<protein> Small integral membrane protein of synaptic vesicles. Binds SNAPs and also interacts with target SNARE (syntaxin).

Cleaved by clostridial toxins encoding zinc endopeptidases, such as tetanus toxin and botulinum toxin, blocking synaptic release.