transection

Slicing completely through

Transection is the act of cutting across something, especially in surgical or anatomical contexts.

A surgeon might perform a transection of a nerve or blood vessel, cutting it completely through rather than along its length.

The term appears in medical literature describing both intentional procedures and traumatic injuries: complete transection of the spinal cord.

traumatic

severance

Termination pay or disconnection

lacerationTorn, ragged wound
ruptureViolent tearing apart
tearTo pull apart

injury · wound · trauma · avulsion · damage · spinal cord · nerve · tendon · complete · partial

surgical

incision

Controlled cut into tissue

scalpelPrecise surgical knife
severanceTermination pay or disconnection
resectionSurgical tissue removal

amputation · bisection · operation · anesthesia · suture · surgeon · hemostasis · sterile · clamps · ligature

anatomical

tissue

Disposable soft paper

organBody's working component
structureArrangement of interconnected parts
specimenIndividual for examination

slice · layer · plane · axis · longitudinal · horizontal · perpendicular · midline · thickness · depth

histological

microscope

Instrument for viewing minute objects

microtomePrecision thin-slice cutter
slideSmooth continuous movement
stainingApplying dye or pigment

histology · pathology · biopsy · cytology · specimen · tissue · cells · examination · preparation · embedding

Opposites

completeness of cut

transectionnick

Shallow surface cut

division vs. joining

transectionanastomosis

Joining of tubular structures

reconnection · suturing · rejoining · grafting · fusion

structural integrity

transectioncontinuity

Uninterrupted progression or coherence

intactness · wholeness · integrity · preservation · structural integrity

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