dissection
(dis-ek′shŏn)
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1. Separation of tissues with sharp instruments (sharp dissection) or blunt instruments (blunt dissection) along tissue planes during surgery or autopsy.
2. A surgical procedure to expose and excise certain tissues, e.g., regional lymph node dissection.
3. The ripping or tearing of a vascular structure, e.g., at a site of trauma or within an aneurysm.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Dissection." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/757075/all/dissection.
Dissection. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/757075/all/dissection. Accessed December 6, 2024.
Dissection. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/757075/all/dissection
Dissection [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 06]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/757075/all/dissection.
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