D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Resection

/(r?-s?k"sh?n)/ · Re·sec·tion · IPA /rˌiːsˈɛkʃən/
01 n. The act of cutting or paring off.
  1. 1.
    The act of cutting or paring off.
  2. 2.
    The removal of the articular extremity of a bone, or of the ends of the bones in a false articulation.(Surg.)