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[rɪˈsɛkt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- cut out (tissue or part of an organ)
(e.g: resect the tumour while preserving the bladder function)
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Origin
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late 16th century (in the sense ‘remove, cut away’): from Latin resect- ‘cut off’, from the verb resecare, from re- ‘back’ + secare ‘to cut’
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