resectionnoun [ U ]
uk/rɪˈsek.ʃən/us/rɪˈsek.ʃən/specializedthe act of removing any part of the body in a medical operation:
bowel/liver/lung resection
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Medical treatment: surgery
- ablate
- adrenalectomy
- amputate
- anaesthesiology
- anastomose
- anesthesiology
- circumcise
- collagen
- eviscerate
- frontal lobotomy
- implant
- keyhole surgery
- laminectomy
- laparoscopic
- laparoscopy
- laparotomy
- ligation
- nose job
- transplant
- tuck
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