English Explanatory Dictionary

resect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To remove (some part of an organ or structure) by surgical means.

Word forms

resect resects resecting resected

Etymology

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

Derived words

hyperresected resectability resectable resection resective resector resectoscope unresected
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