reconstruction

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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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[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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