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section [sek´shun] 1. an act of cutting.2. a cut surface.3. a segment or subdivision of an organ.abdominal section laparotomy; incision of the abdominal wall.cesarean section delivery of a fetus by incision through the abdominal wall and uterus; see also cesarean section.frontal section a section through the body passing at right angles to the median plane, dividing the body into dorsal and ventral parts.frozen section a specimen cut by microtome from tissue that has been frozen; see also frozen section.perineal section external urethrotomy.sagittal section a section through the body coinciding with the sagittal suture, thus dividing the body into right and left halves.serial s's histologic sections of a specimen made in consecutive order and so arranged for the purpose of microscopic examination.cor·o·nal sec·tiona cross-section attained by slicing, actually or through imaging techniques, the body or any part of the body or any anatomic structure in the coronal or frontal plane, that is, in a vertical plane perpendicular to the median or sagittal plane. Given that actual sectioning in the coronal plane results in an anterior and a posterior portion, an anatomic coronal section may be a two-dimensional view of the cut surface of the posterior aspect of the anterior portion, or of the anterior aspect of the posterior portion. Synonym(s): frontal section |