resection Definition

resect
verb resected, resecting

1. surgery.
To cut away or remove (part of a bone, organ, etc).
2. surveying.
To locate a (position or point) by resection.

Derivative: resection

The cutting away or removal of part of a bone, organ, etc.

A method of fixing the position of a point by sighting it from three or more already known points.

Etymology: 19c: from Latin resecare, resectum to cut off or away.