Resect Definition

rĭ-sĕkt
resected, resecting, resects
verb
To perform a resection of (some part)
Webster's New World
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Origin of Resect

  • From Latin resectus, past participle of resecare (“to cut off"), formed in turn from re- + secare (“to cut").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin resecāre resect- to cut back re- re- secāre to cut sek- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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