Resect /(r?-s?kt")/

Re·sect

Resect

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Resected; p. pr. & vb. n. Resecting

[L. resectus, p. p. of resecare to cut off; pref. re- re- + secare to cut.]

To cut or pare off; to remove by cutting.

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