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resection
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun resection has 1 sense
- resection(n = noun.act) Array - surgical removal of part of a structure or organ; Array is a kind of operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
has particulars: transurethral resection of the prostate, turp
Derived form verb resect1
CIDE DICTIONARY
resection, n. [L. resectio: cf. F. résection.].
- The act of cutting or paring off. Cotgrave. [1913 Webster]
- The removal of the articular extremity of a bone, or of the ends of the bones in a false articulation. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
resection
abscission, amputation, anastomotic operation, bloodless operation, butchering, capital operation, chopping, cleavage, compensating operation, corneal transplant, crescent operation, cutting, dichotomy, elective operation, emergency operation, enucleation, excision, exploratory operation, fenestration operation, fission, heart transplant, interval operation, kidney transplant, laceration, major operation, minor operation, mutilation, operation, organ transplant, organ transplantation, palliative operation, radical operation, removal, rending, ripping, scission, section, severance, slashing, slicing, splitting, surgery, surgical intervention, surgical operation, surgical technique, tearing, the knife, transplantROGET THESAURUS
resection
Disjunction
N disjunction, disconnection, disunity, disunion, disassociation, disengagement, discontinuity, abjunction, cataclasm, inconnection, abstraction, abstractedness, isolation, insularity, insulation, oasis, island, separateness, severalty, disjecta membra, dispersion, apportionment, separation, parting, 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, cutting instrument, buzzsaw, circular saw, rip saw, separatist, disjoined, discontinuous, multipartite, abstract, disjunctive, secant, isolated, insular, separate, disparate, discrete, apart, asunder, far between, loose, free, unattached, unannexed, unassociated, unconnected, distinct, adrift, straggling, rift, reft, scissile, divisible, discerptible, partible, separable, separately, one by one, severally, apart, adrift, asunder, in twain, in the abstract, abstractedly.
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