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resect en · VERB

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
resected Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
resected Tense=Past lexicographic
resects Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
resecting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

hyperresected · resectoscope · unresected · resector · resectable · resectability · resective · resection

Translations (5)

cs provést resekci (remove part of an organ surgically) · ko 잘라내다 (remove part of an organ surgically) · de herausschneiden (remove part of an organ surgically) · cy echdorri (remove part of an organ surgically) · de resektieren (remove part of an organ surgically)