RESECT

resect, eviscerate

(verb) surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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

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

Anagrams

• Cretes, certes, erects, secret, terces

Source: Wiktionary


Re*sect" (r-skt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resected;p. pr. & vb. n. Resecting.] Etym: [L. resectus, p. p. of resecare to cut off; pref. re- re- + secare to cut.]

Definition: To cut or pare off; to remove by cutting.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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