resect
[ri-sekt]
verb (used with object) Surgery.
to do a resection on.
RELATED WORDS
expunge, edit, exterminate, eradicate, trim, cut, gut, elide, launder, erase, extirpate, slash, amputate, strike, destroy, extract, exscind, exsect
Nearby words
- research park,
- research quantum,
- research-intensive,
- reseat,
- reseau,
- resectable,
- resection,
- resectoscope,
- reseda,
- reselect
Origin of resect
1535–45; < Latin resectus past participle of resecāre to cut back, sever at the base, equivalent to re- re- + sec(āre) to cut + -tus past participle suffix
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Examples from the Web for resect
Another method is to resect the handle of the malleus (Fig. 195).
Failure to resect may have been due to the great amount of work pressing upon the surgeons.
Personal Recollections of the War of 1861|Charles Augustus FullerIn the case of the first dorsal nerve, it may be necessary temporarily to resect the clavicle.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander MilesIn severe cases it may be necessary to resect a portion of the tarsus.
resect
verb
Word Origin for resect
C17: from Latin resecāre to cut away, from re- + secāre to cut
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resect
1650s, from Latin resectus, past participle of resecare "to cut off, cut loose, curtail," from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + secare "to cut" (see section (n.)). Surgical sense is from 1846. Related: Resected; resecting.
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resect
[rĭ-sĕkt′]
v.
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