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View definitions for resection

resection

noun as in surgery

verb as in reapportion

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At age 15, Murray was hospitalized for more than two months after his intestines twisted and he required an emergency resection that resulted in post-operative internal bleeding.

The researchers say that, in addition to enabling real-time diagnosis, the platform allows surgeons to determine a patient's prognosis and perform tumor resection to improve patient outcomes.

Overall, preoperative imaging is helpful in determining the amount of tissue resection, or removal, required for patients with symptomatic DLM.

But experts say that the most common and appropriate treatment is a transurethral resection of the prostate, or TURP.

Typically, the recording electrodes are not needed after the surgical resection procedure and are removed.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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