resect
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin resectus, past participle of resecare (“to cut off”), formed in turn from re- + secare (“to cut”).
Verb[edit]
resect (third-person singular simple present resects, present participle resecting, simple past and past participle resected)
- (surgery, transitive) To remove (some part of an organ or structure) by surgical means.
- The tumor was resected after chemotherapy.
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Translations[edit]
remove part of an organ surgically
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