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resection

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9 lettersPart of speech nounSorted ceeinorstStarts with REnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. surgical removal of part of a structure or organ

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Latin resectiō.

Used in a sentence

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

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