section
42
6.6
- noun
- /ˈsɛkʃən/
- Specialized
:
sección
- Intraoperatively, frozen sections were obtained in an effort to ensure negative surgical margins.
- Caesarean section
- nerve section
- a section was performed
You're the host and whether you've had C sections or not, the biology, the gestation period is defined biologically, not host wise.
- You're the host and whether you've had C sections or not, the biology, the gestation period is defined biologically, not host wise.
- Once I had my child, I always have to have C sections, so they put me on pain pills.
- What are the risks with like either one or do we do elective C-section?
- There was increased risk in surrogacy, pregnancy for preeclampsia, postpartum haemorrhage, preterm birth and C sections.
- To be honest, I think the thing that did me good, especially as I had a four day labour and an unplanned C-section.
- And if you're born by cesarean section, the kids microbes look more like the mother's skin than the mother's vagina and, and, and, and feces, which the kid normally gets.
Examples
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The procedure can be performed by any surgeon where frozen section pathology services are offered.
Academic text (2015) -
All patients had every available conservative treatment before cochlear nerve section was performed.
Academic text (1995) -
This section, this section, there you see some torn tissue, but you also see these dark areas.
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She'd been born by cesarean section after a long, unproductive labor.
Fiction book (1999) -
Pathology revealed that all surgical sections were positive for chordoma.
Academic text (2008) -
Between 1963 and 1993, I performed cochlear nerve sections in 151 patients whose chief complaint was intractable tinnitus.
Academic text (1995) -
The surgeon made a precise section through the abdominal wall to access the underlying organs.
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During the operation, the doctor explained that a section of the tumor would be removed to prevent further complications.
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After the section, the patient was monitored closely for any signs of complications or recovery.
Synonyms
337
1.0
A wound where the skin is opened by something sharp
87
5.3
A cut a doctor makes in the body during an operation
2
8.3
A cut across something, for example a nerve or plant stem
1
3.8
A cut a surgeon makes in the body during an operation
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
41
3.4
A surgery to deliver a baby by making cuts in the mother's abdomen and womb
- Specialized
1
3.7
A surface or shape made by cutting through an object across its longest part
1
3.5
A group of musicians in an orchestra who play instruments like violins and cellos
- Specialized
1
3.7
An operation to help a woman have a baby by making cuts in her belly and womb
- Specialized
1
7.5
A special way to divide a line or shape so the parts follow a fixed proportion often used in art
- Specialized
A curve made when a flat surface cuts a cone, like an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola
- Specialized
Showing the inside shape you see when you cut something across, like a tree trunk
A small group in a course where students meet to talk about material, usually led by a teaching assistant
A part of the British government that protects the country from spies and other internal threats
A British government service that gathers secret information abroad and runs secret operations
- Specialized
A drawing that shows what a building or object looks like when cut horizontally
A teacher who leads a part of a college course, like a lab or discussion group
- Specialized
A drawing that shows the inside of a building or machine as if you cut it from top to bottom
How Invasive
- Specialized
34
6.5
- Specialized
17
6.3
- Specialized
2
7.9
- Specialized
42
6.6
- Specialized
87
5.3
337
1.0
200
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Section comes from the Latin secare 'to cut', which is why in medicine a section can mean the act of cutting into tissue during an operation or when preparing samples to study.