reconstruction
(rē″kŏn-strŭk′shŏn)
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[re- + construction]
1. Surgical repair or restoration of a missing part or organ.
2. The manipulation of digitized information obtained during body imaging into interpretable pictures that represent anatomical details and diseases.
SYN: SEE: image reconstruction
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Reconstruction." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746323/3/reconstruction.
Reconstruction. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746323/3/reconstruction. Accessed December 7, 2024.
Reconstruction. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746323/3/reconstruction
Reconstruction [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 07]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746323/3/reconstruction.
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