EXSECT

Verb

exsect (third-person singular simple present exsects, present participle exsecting, simple past and past participle exsected)

(transitive) To cut out or away; to remove by exsection.

Anagrams

• exects

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*sect", v. t. Etym: [L. exsectio.]

1. A cutting out or away. E. Darwin.

2. (Surg.)

Definition: The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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