reconstruction
(rē″kŏn-strŭk′shŏn )

[ 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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Venes, Donald, editor. "Reconstruction." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746323/all/reconstruction.
Reconstruction. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746323/all/reconstruction. Accessed April 9, 2025.
Reconstruction. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746323/all/reconstruction
Reconstruction [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 09]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746323/all/reconstruction.
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