resect
1 synonym for resect, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — (medicine) To cut out part of an organ or other body tissue in an operation.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin resectus, the past participle of resecare (“to cut off”), which was formed in turn from re- and secare (“to cut”).
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