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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. surgical removal of part of a structure or organ; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Resection \Re*sec"tion\ (r?-s?k"sh?n), n. [L. resectio: cf. F.
   r['e]section.]
   1. The act of cutting or paring off. --Cotgrave.
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   2. (Surg.) The removal of the articular extremity of a bone,
      or of the ends of the bones in a false articulation.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

resection
    n 1: surgical removal of part of a structure or organ