Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun resection

1 sense of resection

Sense 1
resection -- (surgical removal of part of a structure or organ)
       => operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process -- (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery")