Election

(e-lek' -shun). Selection or choice, as of points (points of election) to be operated upon; consideration of circumstances, such as age, condition in life, occupation, sex, etc., in determining whether to proceed with a proposed surgical operation or not. Such operations are called Operations of Election or of Complaisance. E., Triangle of, the Superior Carotid Triangle. See Triangles, Table of. i e x K. An obsolete term for " commutator," a. v.