section
verb/ˈsekʃn/
/ˈsekʃn/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they section | /ˈsekʃn/ /ˈsekʃn/ |
| he / she / it sections | /ˈsekʃnz/ /ˈsekʃnz/ |
| past simple sectioned | /ˈsekʃnd/ /ˈsekʃnd/ |
| past participle sectioned | /ˈsekʃnd/ /ˈsekʃnd/ |
| -ing form sectioning | /ˈsekʃənɪŋ/ /ˈsekʃənɪŋ/ |
- section something (medical) to divide body tissue by cutting
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- section something (biology) to cut animal or plant tissue into thin slices in order to look at it under a microscope
- [often passive] (British English) to officially send somebody to a psychiatric hospital, using a law that can force them to stay there to have treatment
- be sectioned He was sectioned under the Mental Health Act because he was harming himself.
medical/biology
send to hospital
Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun): from French section or Latin sectio(n-), from secare ‘to cut’. The verb dates from the early 19th cent.
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