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Transection

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Transection"

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Word	Definition
fornixnoun	(anatomy) An archlike or vaulted structure or fold:
secting	(surgery) Synonym of cutting.
transversectomynoun	(surgery) A colectomy involving the removal of only the transverse colon.
trisegmentectomynoun	(surgery) Synonym of trisectionectomy.
dissectionnoun	(figurative) A minute and detailed examination or analysis.
bisectioningnoun	(surgery) division into two parts
sectionectomynoun	(surgery) Removal of a section of an organ.
excisionnoun	(surgery) The removal of something (a tumor or body part) by cutting.
ansotomynoun	(surgery) The division of a loop, especially of one that forms a constriction.
hemitransectionnoun	(surgery) A partial or incomplete transection
sectionnoun	A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
transfixionnoun	(surgery) In amputation, passing the knife from side to side through tissue close to the bone and dividing muscles outward.
hemisectionnoun	(anatomy) A division along the mesial plane or median plane.
trisectionectomynoun	(surgery) The resection of three segments (typically, of the liver)
tractotomynoun	(surgery) The surgical excision of nerve tracts in the medulla of the brain.
transversostomynoun	(surgery) An operation involving the formation of an artificial opening from the transverse colon through the abdominal wall.
transplantectomynoun	(surgery) The excision of a transplant.
tendonectomynoun	(surgery) The surgical cutting of tendons.
tenotomynoun	(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in, a tendon
exsectionnoun	A cutting out or away.