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Webster 1913 Edition
Resect
Re-sect′
(r?-s?kt′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Resected
;p. pr. & vb. n.
Resecting
.] [L.
resectus
, p. p. of resecare
to cut off; pref. re-
re- + secare
to cut.] To cut or pare off; to remove by cutting.
Definition 2024
resect
resect
English
Verb
resect (third-person singular simple present resects, present participle resecting, simple past and past participle resected)
- (surgery) To remove some part of an organ or structure by surgical means
- The tumor was resected after chemotherapy.
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Translations
remove part of an organ surgically
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