resection

noun

re·​sec·​tion ri-ˈsek-shən 

: the surgical removal of part of an organ or structure

Examples of resection in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

She had been diagnosed with a thalamic glioblastoma, and DiLuna had referred the family to Mark Souweidane, MD, at Weill Cornell Medicine, who conducted a near-total resection of the tumor in January. —Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026

At what was then University Hospital and Medical Center, a patient with a colon cancer history came in for a robotic colon mass resection, which removes all or part of the colon. —David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2026

Theodor Billroth made history by performing the first gastric resection in 1879, which became the breakthrough for modern stomach cancer treatment. —Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025

Bone fractures and surgical resection to remove cancer result in larger defects that usually require the use of bone grafts or metal reconstruction to repair. —New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for resection

• abjection
• advection
• affection
• bijection
• bisection
• collection
• complexion
• confection
• connection
• connexion
• convection
• correction

Medical Definition

resection

noun

re·​sec·​tion ri-ˈsek-shən 

: the surgical removal of part of an organ or structure

pancreatic resection

resection of the lower bowel

resection of a tumor

see abdominoperineal resection, mikulicz resection, segmental resection, wedge resection