sectioning
verb
- 1
To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
- 2
To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.
- 3
To commit (a person, to a hospital, with or without their consent), as for mental health reasons. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health.
- 4
Medical To perform a cesarean section on (someone).
noun
- 1
A division into sections.
- 2
(mental health) An instance of a person being sectioned.
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