resection

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: re=sec=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

resection, n. [L. resectio: cf. F. résection.].

•  The act of cutting or paring off.  Cotgrave.  [1913 Webster]
•  The removal of the articular extremity of a bone, or of the ends of the bones in a false articulation.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

resection

abscission, amputation, anastomotic operation, bloodless operation, butchering, capital operation, chopping, cleavage, compensating operation, corneal transplant, crescent operation, cutting, dichotomy, elective operation, emergency operation, enucleation, excision, exploratory operation, fenestration operation, fission, heart transplant, interval operation, kidney transplant, laceration, major operation, minor operation, mutilation, operation, organ transplant, organ transplantation, palliative operation, radical operation, removal, rending, ripping, scission, section, severance, slashing, slicing, splitting, surgery, surgical intervention, surgical operation, surgical technique, tearing, the knife, transplant

ROGET THESAURUS

resection

Disjunction

N disjunction, disconnection, disunity, disunion, disassociation, disengagement, discontinuity, abjunction, cataclasm, inconnection, abstraction, abstractedness, isolation, insularity, insulation, oasis, island, separateness, severalty, disjecta membra, dispersion, apportionment, separation, parting, circumcision, detachment, segregation, divorce, sejunction, seposition, diduction, diremption, discerption, elision, caesura, break, fracture, division, subdivision, rupture, compartition, dismemberment, dislocation, luxation, severance, disseverance, scission, rescission, abscission, laceration, dilaceration, disruption, abruption, avulsion, divulsion, section, resection, cleavage, fission, partibility, separability, fissure, breach, rent, split, rift, crack, slit, incision, dissection anatomy, decomposition, cutting instrument, buzzsaw, circular saw, rip saw, separatist, disjoined, discontinuous, multipartite, abstract, disjunctive, secant, isolated, insular, separate, disparate, discrete, apart, asunder, far between, loose, free, unattached, unannexed, unassociated, unconnected, distinct, adrift, straggling, rift, reft, scissile, divisible, discerptible, partible, separable, separately, one by one, severally, apart, adrift, asunder, in twain, in the abstract, abstractedly.