section /sec·tion/ (sek´shun)
serial section
1. an act of cutting.
2. a cut surface.
3. a segment or subdivision of an organ.
4. a supplemental taxonomic category subordinate to a subgenus but superior to a species or series.
abdominal section laparotomy.
cesarean section delivery of a fetus by incision through the abdominal wall and uterus. 
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Cesarean section. (A), Classic; (B), low vertical; (C), transverse incisions.
frozen section a specimen cut by microtome from tissue that has been frozen.
perineal section external urethrotomy.
Saemisch's section see under operation.
serial section histologic sections made in consecutive order and so arranged for the purpose of microscopic examination.
| serial section n. One of a number of consecutive histological sections. |
serial section
Etymology: L, series, in a row, sectio
one of a number of consecutive slices of tissue.
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