resection (redirected from root resection)

re·sec·tion  (r-skshn)

n.

Surgical removal of all or part of an organ, tissue, or structure.

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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.

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Noun

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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)