Crossword clues for resection
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Resection \Re*sec"tion\ (r?-s?k"sh?n), n. [L. resectio: cf. F. r['e]section.]
The act of cutting or paring off.
--Cotgrave.(Surg.) The removal of the articular extremity of a bone, or of the ends of the bones in a false articulation.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, from Latin resectionem (moninative resectio), noun of action from past participle stem of resecare "cut off, cut loose" (see resect). Surgical sense is from 1775.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context medicine English) The surgical excision of part of a tissue 2 A method of finding one's position by using a map and compass vb. (rfdef: English)
WordNet
n. surgical removal of part of a structure or organ
Wikipedia
Resection may refer to:
- Resection (surgery), the removal by surgery of all or part of an organ or other body structure
- Segmental resection (or segmentectomy), the partial removal of an organ or other body structure
- Resection (orientation), a means of establishing a location by measuring angles only to known points
- Resection (Free Stationing), a means of establishing a position and orientation of a total station by measuring angles and distances to known points
Usage examples of "resection".
This noted operator performed, synchronously, double ovariotomy and resections of portions of the bladder and ileum, for a large medullary carcinomatous growth of the ovary, with surrounding involvement.
Depending upon where the cut was made, Hamid-Jones supposed, resection of the thyroid and parathyroids might be necessary, too.
Who could see anything but humour in a man gulping down tincture of opium and shifting uneasily in his studio seat, his mind concerned with thoughts of fistula and surgery, his mind determinedly not preoccupied with intestinal resections and where that could lead?