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resect definition

re·sect (ri sekt′)

transitive verb

Surgery to perform a resection of (some part)

Etymology: < L resectus, pp. of resecare, to cut off < re-, re- + secare, to cut: see saw

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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