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Resect

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

📖 Definitions of "Resect"

verb

1
To remove (some part of an organ or structure) by surgical means.
"The tumor was resected after chemotherapy."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Resect"

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Word	Definition
removeverb	(transitive) To delete.
abductverb	(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
kidnapverb	(transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom.
withdrawverb	(transitive) To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
exciseverb	To cut out; to remove.
resectionnoun	(medicine) The surgical removal of part or all of a tissue, organ, tumor, or body part.
extirpateverb	(transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate.
retinectomizeverb	(surgery) To carry out a retinectomy.
exscindverb	(chiefly medicine, surgery) To cut out.
resectionalizeverb	(transitive) To sectionalize again or anew.
exsectverb	(transitive) To cut out or away; to remove by exsection.
eviscerateverb	(transitive) To disembowel; to remove the viscera.
dissectverb	(transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
decorticate	Having had the cortex removed
amputateverb	To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb. [from 17th c.]
rescindverb	(transitive) To repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.
strip outverb	(transitive) To remove (a part from a machine).
cut awayverb	(recorded media) To fail to show something; to stop before showing something; to leave a scene; to switch to a different scene quickly.
deroofverb	(transitive) To remove part of the outer wall of (a cyst, etc.) to aid healing.
loseverb	(transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.