resect

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resect - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Resect \Re*sect"\ (r?-s?kt"), 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.
     [1913 Webster]

resect - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  resect
      v 1: surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ [syn:
           resect, eviscerate]