Bible Dictionaries
Resection

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act of cutting or paring off.

(2):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Resection'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/resection.html. 1828.