exsect

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exsect - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Exsect \Ex*sect"\, v. t. [L. exsectio.]
     1. A cutting out or away. --E. Darwin.
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     2. (Surg.) 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.
        Exsert