Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "resection" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

abdominoperineal resection endoresection pneumoresection postresection preresection reresection resectional

Derived From

resect

Context

au civil engineering digital image processing education india medicine nz surveying uk

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

operation surgery surgical operation surgical procedure surgical process

Type Of (IsA)

operation surgical procedure

Related Terms

resectoscope

Related Terms

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.