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resectional

resectional adjective: of or pertaining to resection, the surgical excision of part of a tissue.

Adjective

resectional (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to resection, the surgical excision of part of a tissue.
    • A major factor is that a review in 2004 of 15 years’ experience in treating resistant tuberculosis at National Jewish found that “the most important single variable we had associated with favorable outcome was resectional surgery.”2007 July 18, Lawrence K. Altman, “TB Patient Has Surgery to Remove Part of Lung”, in New York Times

Origin of resectional

From resection + -al.

Words formed from resectional

Questions about resectional

What does resectional mean?
Resectional means of or pertaining to resection, the surgical excision of part of a tissue.
What part of speech is resectional?
Resectional is an adjective.

Words near resectional in the dictionary

  1. resectability
  2. resectable
  3. resected
  4. resecting
  5. resection
  6. resectional
  7. resectionalize
  8. resectionalized
  9. resectionalizes
  10. resectionalizing
  11. resectioned

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