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Definition of Exsect

1. v. t. A cutting out or away.

Definition of Exsect

1. to cut out [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Exsect

1. 1. A cutting out or away. 2. The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out. Origin: L. Exsectio. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Exsect

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Medical Gazette and Journal of Health (1861)
"No tickets will be demanded at the gate on the occasion. The fee for the year, however, is five dollars. After the address, Dr. James R. Wood will exsect ..."

2. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1889)
"We put in a gum larynx and a celluloid tongue, We save at the spigot, and leak at the bung,— We exsect the spleen, and we resect the lung, O we're German, ..."

3. The Principles and practice of operative surgery by Stephen Smith (1887)
"... exsect as follows : Make two incisions, Î, ... a free surface having a small tubercle.1 exsect thus: Recognizing the ..."

4. The Medical Times and Gazette (1875)
"My own method is to- exsect a portion of the bone, leaving the extremities convex. I am afraid that when simple section of the bone is made,, ..."

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