Excision vs. Resection

Excisionnoun

The deletion of some text during editing.

Excisionnoun

(surgery) The removal of a tumor, etc., by cutting.

Excisionnoun

(genetics) The removal of a gene from a section of genetic material.

Excisionnoun

(topology) The fact that, under certain hypotheses, the homology of a space relative to a subspace is unchanged by the identification of a subspace of the latter to a point.

Excisionnoun

The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.

Excisionnoun

The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication.

Excisionnoun

The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument.

Excisionnoun

the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage;

Excisionnoun

surgical removal of a body part or tissue

Excisionnoun

the act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the Church; cutting a person off from a religious society

Excisionnoun

the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence

Resectionnoun

(medicine) The surgical excision of part or all of a tissue or organ.

Resectionnoun

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

Resectionnoun

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

Resectionverb

(medicine) To excise part or all of a tissue or organ.

Resectionverb

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

Resectionverb

(digital image processing) To estimate a camera projection matrix from known position data and image entities.

Resectionverb

To redivide into new sections.

Resectionverb

(education) To transfer students into new class groupings or grade levels.

Resectionverb

(civil engineering) To deepen or widen a river or other natural watercourse for flood control, land drainage, or navigation.

Resectionverb

To remove material from the surface of a road in order to achieve a uniform thickness.

Resectionverb

To thinly slice a specimen as part of its preparation, such as when preparing a microscope slide.

Resectionverb

To replace a worn section of tire with new tread.

Resectionverb

To readmit involuntarily into a mental hospital.

Resectionnoun

The act of cutting or paring off.

Resectionnoun

The removal of the articular extremity of a bone, or of the ends of the bones in a false articulation.

Resectionnoun

surgical removal of part of a structure or organ