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Webster 1828 Edition

Exsection

EXSEC'TION

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Noun.

[L. exsectio.] A cutting off, or a cutting out.

Definition 2024

exsection

exsection

English

Noun

exsection ‎(plural exsections)

A cutting out or away.
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(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.