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resection definition

re·sec·tion (ri sek′s̸hən)

noun

  1. Surgery the removal of part of an organ, bone, etc.
  2. Surveying a method of determining the location of a point by taking observations from it to points of known location

Etymology: L resectio < resectus: see resect

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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