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What is a transection?

What is a transection? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (surgery) A transverse cut or division.
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This is an example of dissociated sensory loss, which is also found in some brainstem lesions, transection of half of the spinal cord, and certain peripheral neuropathies.
Nerve damage maybe caused by transection, stretch, or crush injury from aggressive dissection of the nerve.
Parenchymal transection is continued posteriorly until the major hepatic veins are identified, sutured and divided.
Place a urinary catheter, unless urethral transection or injury is suspected.
The transection of the flexor tendons and the aponeurosis was an unavoidable consequence of these limitations and was standardized in all specimens.
Trauma is the most common cause of complete transection of the spinal cord.

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