resect

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resect

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

verb resects · resecting · resected

transitive To remove (some part of an organ or structure) by surgical means. The tumor was resected after chemotherapy.

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verb remove part of an organ surgically

한국어	잘라내다 jallanaeda
Deutsch	resektieren, herausschneiden

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@misc{resect_2026,
  title = {resect},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/resect},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}