Section Definition

1 in anatomy a slice of tissue.

Section definition. 1 an area as of a city set apart for some purpose or having some special feature several abandoned warehouses in the city s industrial section are being converted into art galleries and artists lofts. Incision of the abdominal wall. Medical definition of section.

A part or subdivision of a piece of writing book etc. 3 in surgery the division of tissue during an operation. A quarter section is 160 acr.

A biopsy obtained by surgery is usually sectioned sliced and these sections are inspected under a microscope. Land surveying under the public land survey system a section is an area nominally one square mile containing 640 acres with 36 sections making up one survey township on a rectangular grid. The left section of a drawer.

The sports section of the newspaper. The legal description of a tract of land under the plss includes the name of the state name of the county township number range number section number and portion of a section. A natural subdivision of a taxonomic group.

2 in obstetrics short for cesarean section. The action of dividing as tissues surgically nerve section abdominal section see cesarean section. An act of cutting.

A part cut off or separated from the main body of something. It shows how the object would appear to you if it were cut from top to bottom and looked at from the side. A cut made in part of the body in an.