resect

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verb

To remove (some part of an organ or structure) by surgical means.

“The tumor was resected after chemotherapy.”

Similar
eviscerate
OriginLatin resectus →
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Meanings

verbresect (third-person singular simple present resects, present participle resecting, simple past and past participle resected)

present singular third person resects · participle present resecting · participle past resected · past resected

  1. transitivemedicineTo remove (some part of an organ or structure) by surgical means.

    The tumor was resected after chemotherapy.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbsurgically remove a part of a structure or an organ

Similar
eviscerate
Broader
removetaketake away
Also see
eviscerate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinresectus
  2. Englishresect

Borrowed from Latin resectus, past participle of resecare (“to cut off”), formed in turn from re- + secare (“to cut”).

More words from Latin

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Czech provést resekci
  • provést resekciremove part of an organ surgically
German resektieren, herausschneiden
  • resektierenremove part of an organ surgically
  • herausschneidenremove part of an organ surgically
Korean 잘라내다
  • 잘라내다 (jallanaeda)remove part of an organ surgically
Welsh echdorri
  • echdorriremove part of an organ surgically

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

secretcertes
Cite this entry
APA

resect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resect

MLA

“resect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resect. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “resect,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resect.

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