Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

resection

/ɹˌisˈɛkʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English

Syllables: re-sec-tion
IPA: /ɹˌisˈɛkʃən/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The surgical removal of part or all of a tissue, organ, tumor, or body part.

noun

A method of determining a position by using a map and compass bearings for two additional points.

noun

A section of a tire that has had worn tread replaced.

verb

To excise part or all of a tissue or organ.

verb

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

verb

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

verb

To redivide into new sections.

verb

To transfer students into new class groupings or grade levels.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Anyway, they did the operation, removed a huge lump, resectioned my colon, and gave me the news that they thought that the tumour hadn't spread."
"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."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin resectiō.

Usage

Inflected Forms

resections (plural) resections (present, singular) resectioning (participle, present) resectioned (participle, past) resectioned (past)

Derived Forms

endoresection pneumoresection postresection preresection reresection resectional

Phrases

abdominoperineal resection

Frequently Paired Words

resectoscope

Synonyms

excision -ectomy

Rhymes With

election section collection direction protection connection selection infection reflection inspection detection perfection

Questions

How do you pronounce resection?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˌisˈɛkʃən/.
What does resection mean?: The surgical removal of part or all of a tissue, organ, tumor, or body part.
Where does resection come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin resectiō.

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