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resect

resect · resects · resected · resecting

resektieren, herausschneiden

To remove by surgical meansTo remove (some part of an organ or structure) by surgical means.

Meaning

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To remove (some part of an organ or structure) by surgical means.
The tumor was resected after chemotherapy.
resektieren, herausschneiden
surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ

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remove part of an organ surgically:

Borrowed from Latin resectus, past participle of resecare (“to cut off”), formed in turn f

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

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resects, resecting, resected, resected

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I, you, we, they	resect
he, she, it	resects

all persons

resected

I, you, we, they	have resected
he, she, it	has resected

all persons

will resect

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