resection

Speech parts

1. resection - Noun

2. resection - Verb

Meaning

The act of cutting or paring off.

The removal of the articular extremity of a bone, or of the ends of the bones in a false articulation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

section cut operation remove removal cutting surgery divide fission distribute cleavage excise mutilation incision amputation

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Antonyms

union association include addition construction combination

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Hypernyms

operation surgery surgical procedure surgical operation surgical process

Hyponyms

TURP transurethral resection of the prostate

Phrases with the word

bowel resection laryngeal resection partial resection ganglion resection gastric resection intestinal resection

Anagrams

secretion isocenter isocentre necrotise tricosene

Examples

Internal view of fetal sac, before resection of distal necrotic part. Source: Internet

In people who are unfit for a full lobectomy, a smaller sublobar excision ( wedge resection ) may be performed. Source: Internet

Patients and methods: We retrospectively investigated the clinicopathologic features of 154 CRLM patients who underwent curative resection between 2005 and 2015. Source: Internet

However, wedge resection has a higher risk of recurrence than lobectomy. Source: Internet

Medulloblastoma has a good prognosis with chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgical resection while glioblastoma multiforme has a median survival of only 12 months even with aggressive chemoradiotherapy and surgery. Source: Internet

Oxaluria is increased in patients with certain gastrointestinal disorders including inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohn disease or patients who have undergone resection of the small bowel or small bowel bypass procedures. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

resect resectability resectable resectional resectionalize resective