resection
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re·sec·tion
(rĭ-sĕk′shən)n.
Surgical removal of all or part of an organ, tissue, or structure.
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resection
(rɪˈsɛkʃən)n
1. (Surgery) surgery excision of part of a bone, organ, or other part
2. (Surveying) surveying a method of fixing the position of a point by making angular observations to three fixed points
reˈsectional adj
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re•sec•tion
(rɪˈsɛk ʃən)n.
1. Survey. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
2. Surg. the excision of all or part of an organ or tissue.
[1605–15; < Latin resectiō cutting back <resecāre (see resect)]
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| Noun | 1. | resection - surgical removal of part of a structure or organ surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" transurethral resection of the prostate, TURP - removal of significant amounts of prostate tissue (as in cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia) |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
resection
n
(Med) → Resektion f
(Surv) → Triangulation f
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re·sec·tion
n. resección, extirpación de una porción de órgano o tejido;
bloc ___ → ___ en bloque;
gastric ___ → ___ gástrica;
transurethral ___ → ___ transuretral;
wedge ___ → ___ en cuña.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
resection
n resección f; transurethral — of the prostate (TURP) resección transuretral de próstata (RTU)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.