resect
resect · resects · resected · resecting
resektieren, herausschneiden
To remove by surgical meansTo remove (some part of an organ or structure) by surgical means.
Translations
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By meaning 1
remove part of an organ surgically:
Meaning
1 sensesTo 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
Origin
Borrowed from Latin resectus, past participle of resecare (“to cut off”), formed in turn fBorrowed from Latin resectus, past participle of resecare (“to cut off”), formed in turn from re- + secare (“to cut”).
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Forms
resects, resecting, resected, resectedTenses
resect · resected · will resect · have resectedSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ:eviscerate
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.