resect

verb

resect

verb

Etymology Borrowed from Latin resectus, past participle of resecare (“to cut off”), formed in turn from re- + secare (“to cut”).

1

Medicine, Sciences, Surgery To remove (some part of an organ or structure) by surgical means.

  • The tumor was resected after chemotherapy.
Derived terms
hyperresected, resectability, resectable, resection, resective, resector, resectoscope, unresected

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