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• The act of cutting. A division.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

• [Latin]See Section. S. agrippina, see Caesarean section. S. alta, suprapubic cystotomy. S. cadaveris, an autopsy. S. lateralis, lateral lithotomy.

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane