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resection
(redirected from submucosal resection)

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re·sec·tion  (r-skshn)
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
Noun1.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 [riːˈsekʃən] N
1. (Survey) → triangulación f
2. (Med) → resección f
resection
n
(Med) → Resektion f
(Surv) → Triangulation f


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