resect

English

Etymology

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

Verb

resect (third-person singular simple present resects, present participle resecting, simple past and past participle resected)

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

   The tumor was resected after chemotherapy.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• resectability
• resectable
• resection
• resective
• resector

Translations

remove part of an organ surgically

• German: resektieren, herausschneiden (de)
• Korean: 잘라내다 (jallanaeda)
• Welsh: echdorri (cy)

Anagrams

• Cretes, certes, erects, secret, terces