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resection

noun

  1. removal by surgery of all or part of an organ or other body structure
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin resectiōlbor. English resection Learned borrowing from Latin resectiō.

  1. The surgical removal of part or all of a tissue, organ, tumor, or body part.
  2. A method of determining a position by using a map and compass bearings for two additional points.
  3. A section of a tire that has had worn tread replaced.

    A bruised carcass can often be saved by investing $11.00 in a resection.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin resectiōlbor. English resection Learned borrowing from Latin resectiō.

  1. To excise part or all of a tissue or organ.

    Most articles published after this date, however, mention the resectioning of fat around the eyes as an essential constituent of corrective lid surgery.

    ...these problems and the overwhelming numbers of wounded men flooding into hospitals after battles meant that amputations and resectioning of joints (the removal of bones) became standard protocol.

  2. To determine positions using compass bearings based on three or more known positions.

    The Senior class was drilled in the use of the plane table; in resectioning on unknown points, the "three point problem," etc.

    After construction of earthwork is completed the work should be resectioned and the estimates for final payment made according to the information thus obtained.

  3. To estimate a camera projection matrix from known position data and image entities.

    The camera matrices and 3D structure are then computed for the frames 1-2-3-4, for example by first resectioning and then bundle adjustment.

    Based on the convex cone, they give a further improved method for homography and camera resectioning'.

  4. To redivide into new sections.

    Also that the bill be resectioned to conform to the several amendments ; Which amendments were severally agreed to, and the bill as amended read the third time and passed.

    Mr. Dana resectioned the text, and added marginal titles; a work of much labor, not called for by his contract, and performed solely for the good of the book.

  5. To transfer students into new class groupings or grade levels.

    In connection with a scheme of resectioning, a number of questions naturally present themselves. When the students complete their first term or first year of the subject in the most efficient, intermediate, and least efficient sections, what process of equalization is going to occur at the beginning of the second term or year?

    This is easily understandable when, with resectioning, a cadet is offered the opportunity to underperform with the only punishment being an easier class!

  6. To deepen or widen a river or other natural watercourse for flood control, land drainage, or navigation.

    In England and Wales, this has resulted in significant regional variations (Table 3.4) with the Anglian region returning the highest proportions of embanked and resectioned river channels.

    The second case study illustrates the opportunities for linking data from different monitoring schemes by examining the relationship between two potential stressors: organic pollution and resectioning of the river channel.

  7. To remove material from the surface of a road in order to achieve a uniform thickness.

    The road from Periwegon to Ananbaw was resectioned and raised in places.

    ...a very large quantity of metal obtained by resectioning and cutting down roads to the regulation camber was used in repairs.

  8. To thinly slice a specimen as part of its preparation, such as when preparing a microscope slide.

    Mounting with Lakeside-70 thermoplastic cement was used extensively but it was too brittle, caused occasional plucking of sand grains during grinding and polishing, and was not strong enough to hold the mounted specimen during resectioning; its thermoplastic requirements caused warping of specimens.

    After fixation, the 400-μm-thick slice should be resectioned into 50-μm thick sections for further histological processing.

  9. To replace a worn section of tire with new tread.

    Where, however, this chafing extends through the fabric or by reason of an aggravated skid,—the fabric is ground through at any point, resectioning would be necessary in addition.

    So far as our company-owned stores are concerned, we mount tires, new. tires, that are purchased and arrange for the repair or recapping or resectioning of tires that are brought to us. We do not own or operate molds or equipment for resectioning or recapping tires.

  10. To readmit involuntarily into a mental hospital.

    According to Dyson LJ, mental health professionals will be acting unlawfully in resectioning a patient following discharge by a tribunal if 'the sole or principal ground on which they rely is one which in substance has been rejected by the tribunal.'

    After just three weeks at home, with yet more 'abuse in the community' I am resectioned, and Helen re-admitted the same night.