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sectioning

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verb

  1. To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
  2. To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.
  3. To commit (a person, to a hospital, with or without their consent), as for mental health reasons. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health.
  4. Medical To perform a cesarean section on (someone).

noun

  1. A division into sections.
  2. (mental health) An instance of a person being sectioned.

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