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resection

[ ri-sek-shuhn ]

noun

  1. Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
  2. Surgery. the excision of all or part of an organ or tissue.


resection

/ °ùɪˈ²õÉ›°ìʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. surgery excision of part of a bone, organ, or other part
  2. surveying a method of fixing the position of a point by making angular observations to three fixed points
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resection

/ °ùÄ­-²õÄ•°ì′²õ³óÉ™²Ô /

  1. 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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Derived Forms

  • °ù±ðˈ²õ±ð³¦³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô²¹±ô, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • °ù±ð·²õ±ð³¦î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô·²¹±ô adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of resection1

1605–15; < Latin °ù±ð²õ±ð³¦³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of °ù±ð²õ±ð³¦³Ù¾±Å ) a cutting off, trimming, equivalent to resect ( us ) ( resect ) + -¾±Å²Ô- -ion
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To say he had a bilateral resection means that the surgeons removed these structures on both hemispheres of the brain.

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“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.

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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.

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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.

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Overall, preoperative imaging is helpful in determining the amount of tissue resection, or removal, required for patients with symptomatic DLM.

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