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resection
[ri-sek-shuhn]
noun
Surveying.a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
Surgery.the excision of all or part of an organ or tissue.
resection
/ ɪˈɛʃə /
noun
surgery excision of part of a bone, organ, or other part
surveying a method of fixing the position of a point by making angular observations to three fixed points
resection
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.
Other Word Forms
- resectional adjective
- ˈپDzԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of resection1
Example Sentences
To say he had a bilateral resection means that the surgeons removed these structures on both hemispheres of the brain.
“While disease effects cannot be ruled out entirely, neurosurgical resections ultimately represent the only opportunity to investigate human synapses,” the authors explain in their paper.
At age 15, Murray was hospitalized for more than two months after his intestines twisted and he required an emergency resection that resulted in post-operative internal bleeding.
The researchers say that, in addition to enabling real-time diagnosis, the platform allows surgeons to determine a patient's prognosis and perform tumor resection to improve patient outcomes.
Overall, preoperative imaging is helpful in determining the amount of tissue resection, or removal, required for patients with symptomatic DLM.
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