resection
noun, verb
resection is spelled R-E-S-E-C-T-I-O-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, resection means “The surgical removal of part or all of a tissue, organ, tumor, or body part” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of resection is resections.
How many letters and syllables are in resection?
| Letters | 9: R-E-S-E-C-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,459th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is resection?
Resection appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce resection?
Resection has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with resection?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as resection.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: secretion.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of resection
- resections plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- resectioning participle, present
- resectioned participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does resection mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The surgical removal of part or all of a tissue, organ, tumor, or body part.
- 2
A method of determining a position by using a map and compass bearings for two additional points.
- 3
A section of a tire that has had worn tread replaced.
verb
- 1
To excise part or all of a tissue or organ.
- 2
To determine positions using compass bearings based on three or more known positions.
- 3
To estimate a camera projection matrix from known position data and image entities.
- 4
To redivide into new sections.
- 5
To transfer students into new class groupings or grade levels.
- 6
To deepen or widen a river or other natural watercourse for flood control, land drainage, or navigation.
- 7
IndiaTo remove material from the surface of a road in order to achieve a uniform thickness.
- 8
To thinly slice a specimen as part of its preparation, such as when preparing a microscope slide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Resection in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense surgical excision:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does resection come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin resectiō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).