Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A cutting out or away.

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  • noun A cutting out or away.
  • noun surgery The removal by operation of a portion of a limb, especially the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint.

Etymologies

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Latin exsectio.

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