resect

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Noun
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re=sect

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb resect has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

resectv. t. [L. resectus, p. p. of resecare to cut off; pref. re- re- + secare to cut.].
     To cut or pare off; to remove by cutting.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

resect, v.tr. Surgery 1 cut out part of (a lung etc.).
2 pare down (bone, cartilage, etc.).

Derivative
resection n. resectional adj. resectionist n.
Etymology
L resecare resect- (as RE-, secare cut)

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