resection
noun
1 resection
Surgical removal of part of a structure or organ.
Roget 44:
disjunction,
disconnection,
disunity,
disunion,
disassociation,
disengagement;
discontinuity
etc.
70;
abjunction†;
cataclasm†;
inconnection†;
abstraction,
abstractedness;
isolation;
insularity,
insulation;
oasis;
island;
separateness
etc.
adj.;
severalty;
disjecta membra [Lat.];
dispersion
etc.
73;
apportionment
etc.
786.
separation;
parting
etc.
v.;
circumcision;
detachment,
segregation;
divorce,
sejunction†,
seposition†,
diduction†,
diremption†,
discerption†;
elision;
caesura,
break,
fracture,
division,
subdivision,
rupture;
compartition†;
dismemberment,
dislocation;
luxation†;
severance,
disseverance;
scission;
rescission,
abscission;
laceration,
dilaceration†;
disruption,
abruption†;
avulsion†,
divulsion†;
section,
resection,
cleavage;
fission;
partibility†,
separability.
fissure,
breach,
rent,
split,
rift,
crack,
slit,
incision.
dissection anatomy;
decomposition
etc.
49;
cutting instrument
etc.
(sharpness)
253;
buzzsaw,
circular saw,
rip saw.
separatist.
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Dutch: resectie
Polish: ekstyrpacja, resekcja
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