re·sec·tion (r -s k sh n)n. Surgical removal of all or part of an organ, tissue, or structure. |
resection [rɪˈsɛkʃən]
n
1. (Medicine / Surgery) Surgery excision of part of a bone, organ, or other part
2. (Mathematics & Measurements / Surveying) Surveying a method of fixing the position of a point by making angular observations to three fixed points
resectional adj
| resection (r-skshn) Surgical removal of all or part of an organ, tissue, or structure. A wedge resection is removal of a piece of tissue that is triangularly shaped. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | resection - surgical removal of part of a structure or organ surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" transurethral resection of the prostate, TURP - removal of significant amounts of prostate tissue (as in cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia) |
Translations
resection
n
(Med) → Resektion f
(Surv) → Triangulation f
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