resect
[ri-sekt]
- to do a resection on.
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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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Related Words for resect
expunge, edit, exterminate, eradicate, trim, cut, gut, elide, launder, erase, extirpate, slash, amputate, strike, destroy, extract, resect, exscind, exsectExamples from the Web for resect
Historical Examples of resect
Another method is to resect the handle of the malleus (Fig. 195).
In severe cases it may be necessary to resect a portion of the tarsus.
In the case of the first dorsal nerve, it may be necessary temporarily to resect the clavicle.
Manual of SurgeryAlexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
Failure to resect may have been due to the great amount of work pressing upon the surgeons.
Personal Recollections of the War of 1861Charles Augustus Fuller
resect
- (tr) surgery to cut out part of (a bone, an organ, or other structure or part)
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Word Origin for resect
C17: from Latin resecāre to cut away, from re- + secāre to cut
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resect
(rĭ-sĕkt′)- To perform a resection on a part of the body.
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