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sectioned /ˈsɛkʃ(ə)nd /adjective1Made or divided into a separate sections: the sleeping area of a sectioned tent a sectioned off part of the garden...- Under the island there's room for a rolling, sectioned hamper.
- This sectioned tissue is usually viewed under an electron microscope to determine which cells within it are labelled.
- Top with sliced strawberries, halved grapes, or sectioned oranges.
2British Having been committed compulsorily to a psychiatric hospital in accordance with a section of a mental health act: a sectioned patient has to gain permission before leaving...- Ambulance control say they will not take him against his will unless he has been sectioned, and they want the police present.
- He was sectioned for 28 days at the clinic in Essex.
- I had read about and heard evidence of his increasingly strange behaviour as he lost his grip on reality in the months leading to his being sectioned.
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