microsection

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noun

A very small section

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Meanings

nounmicrosection (plural microsections)

plural microsections

  1. A very small section
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    Representative images show a the fetal face of a placenta from which an umbilical cord grows as a flexible, spongy-looking, tube-like structure usually around 55 cm or 2 feet, b a transversal section of umbilical cord showing two arteries (A) and one vein (V), and c a Masson’s trichrome staining of a complete umbilical cord microsection.

    2015 July 2, Santiago Roura et al., “The role and potential of umbilical cord blood in an era of new therapies: a review”, in Stem Cell Research & Therapy, volume 6, →DOI
verbmicrosection (third-person singular simple present microsections, present participle microsectioning, simple past and past participle microsectioned)

present singular third person microsections · participle present microsectioning · participle past microsectioned · past microsectioned

  1. To divide into small sections

Origin

From micro- + section.

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APA

microsection. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microsection

MLA

“microsection.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microsection. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microsection,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microsection.

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