resect
pronunciation
How to pronounce resect in British English:
UK [rɪˈsekt]
How to pronounce resect in American English:
US [rɪ'sekt]
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- Verb:
- surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
Word Origin
- resect (v.)
- 1650s, from Latin resectus, past participle of resecare "to cut off, cut loose, curtail," from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + secare "to cut" (see section (n.)). Surgical sense is from 1846. Related: Resected; resecting.
Example
- 1. Normally operation is unable to resect it .
- 2. Endoscopic banding ligation can effectively resect hyperplastic polyps of stomach .
- 3. The decision of the court has no binding force except between the parties and in resect of that particular case .
- 4. Is it possible to treat carcinoma of tongue without undergoing surgery to resect tongue ?
- 5. Objective to study an effective method to resect the lesion located in motor area with stereotactic minimally invasive operation .