resection : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: resection	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for resection
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
resection n surgical removal of part of a structure or organ
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Resection \Re*sec"tion\ (r?-s?k"sh?n), n. [L. resectio: cf. F. r[82]section.] 1. The act of cutting or paring off. --Cotgrave. 2. (Surg.) The removal of the articular extremity of a bone, or of the ends of the bones in a false articulation.