Definition of Resect

1. Verb. Surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ.

Exact synonyms: Eviscerate
Category relationships: Medicine, Practice Of Medicine
Generic synonyms: Remove, Take, Take Away, Withdraw
Derivative terms: Resection

Definition of Resect

1. v. t. To cut or pare off; to remove by cutting.

Definition of Resect

1. Verb. (medicine) To remove some part of an organ or structure by surgical means ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Resect

1. to excise part of an organ or structure surgically [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Resect

1. To remove part or all of an organ or tissue. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Resect

researching
researchist
researchists
researchy
reseason
reseasoned
reseasoning
reseasons
reseat
reseated
reseating
reseats
reseau
reseaus
reseaux
resect (current term)
resectabilities
resectability
resectable
resected
resecting
resection
resectional
resections
resectoscope
resectoscope sheath
resectoscopes
resects
resecure
resecured

Literary usage of Resect

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

1. Supplementary Despatches and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur, Duke of by Arthur Richard Wellesley Wellington (1860)
"I have the honour to be, with the highest resect, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, ..."

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