sectioned

• Adjetivo usado en inglés británico para describir a una persona que ha sido internada legalmente en un hospital psiquiátrico en virtud de una sección de la Ley de Salud Mental. También puede referirse a algo dividido o separado en secciones.

An adjective used in British English to describe a person who has been legally detained in a psychiatric hospital under a section of the Mental Health Act.

1. Divided into sectionsB2formal

   Having been divided or separated into distinct parts or sections.

   dividido en secciones

   • The report is sectioned into three main parts.
   • The garden was sectioned off for different types of plants.
   • The document is sectioned by chapters for easy reading.

   Sinónimoscompartmentalizeddividedportionsegmentedseparatedsplit

   Antónimosentiretogetherundividedunitedwhole

2. Compulsorily admitted to a psychiatric hospitalC1formalbritishmedical

   (British English) Officially detained in a psychiatric hospital under a section of the Mental Health Act.

   Ingresado involuntariamente en un hospital psiquiátrico

   • He was sectioned after a severe psychotic episode.
   • The patient was sectioned for his own safety.
   • She was sectioned under the Mental Health Act.

   Sinónimoscertifiedcommitted

• Verbo que significa dividir o cortar algo en secciones o partes, o clasificar/agrupar algo en categorías.

A verb meaning to divide or cut something into sections or parts.

1. Divide into partsB1formal

   To divide something into smaller parts or sections.

   dividir en secciones

   • The teacher sectioned the class into groups for the project.
   • They sectioned the report into chapters.
   • The land was sectioned for different uses.

   Sinónimoscompartmentalizecut updividepartitionsegmentsplitsubdivide

2. Cut or sliceB2formalmedical

   To cut something into sections, especially in surgery or cooking.

   seccionar

   • The surgeon sectioned the tissue for examination.
   • She sectioned the orange into wedges.
   • The sample was sectioned for microscopic analysis.

   Sinónimoscutdissectdividepartitionsegmentslicesplit