Definition of Transection

1. Noun. (surgery) A transverse cut or division ¹

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Definition of Transection

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Transection

1. 1. A cross section. 2. Cutting across. Synonym: transsection. Origin: trans-+ L. Seco, pp. Sectus, to cut (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transection

transducing
transducing vector
transducins
transductant
transductants
transduction
transductional
transductions
transductive
transduodenal sphincterotomy
transe
transearth
transect
transected
transecting
transection (current term)
transections
transects
transelement
transelementation
transelemented
transelementing
transelements
transendothelial
transepithelial
transept
transeptal
transepts
transequatorial
transequatorially

Literary usage of Transection

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Normal Histology and Microscopical Anatomy by Jeremiah Sweetser Ferguson (1904)
"transection of the wall of the human uterus, with the placenta in situ 427 345. ... transection of the umbilical cord 433 351. Section of the vaginal wall ..."

2. Operative Gynecologic Laparoscopy: Principles and Techniques by Camran Nezhat (2000)
"... 17 Presacral Neurectomy and Uterosacral transection and Ablation Presacral Neurectomy Introduction Dysmenorrhea that is severe enough to limit social ..."

3. The Integrative action of the nervous system by Charles Scott Sherrington (1906)
"Its incidence confined to the aboral side of the transection. Its difference in severity in different reflexes and in different animals. ..."

4. The Regeneration of Nerve and Muscle in the Small Intestine by Walter Joseph Meek (1910)
"Showing the passage of a peristaltic wave nine days after transection. ... Showing block of peristalsis in a cat six days after transection of small ..."

5. Anatomical Technology as Applied to the Domestic Cat: An Introduction to by Burt Green Wilder, Simon Henry Gage (1882)
"... SKELETON—ANATOMICAL LANDMARKS—ABDOMINAL transection. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SKELETON. § 204. The softer parts of the body are protected, supported, ..."

6. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1916)
"Modified diagrammatic transection of right car. After Czermak. 3. ... General transection of the organ of Corti in the cochlea of a new-born pig ..."

7. Transactions of the Academy of Science of Saint Louis by Academy of Science of St. Louis (1860)
"Above, transaction of twig two years old, X 65- Below, transection of twig ... 1, transection of linden trunk (Tilia Americana) showing drying effects of ..."

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