exsection

English

Etymology

Latin exsectio.

Noun

exsection (plural exsections)

1. A cutting out or away.
   • 1794–1796, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC:

     Hence exsection before the cancer is open is generally a cure

2. (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.