Antonyms for resect

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ri-sekt

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈsɛkt

Definition of resect

Origin : 1650s, from Latin resectus, past participle of resecare "to cut off, cut loose, curtail," from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + secare "to cut" (see section (n.)). Surgical sense is from 1846. Related: Resected; resecting.

As in excise : verb remove, delete

Example sentences :

Another method is to resect the handle of the malleus (Fig. 195).
Extract from : « A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) » by Various

In severe cases it may be necessary to resect a portion of the tarsus.
Extract from : « Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. » by Alexander Miles

In the case of the first dorsal nerve, it may be necessary temporarily to resect the clavicle.
Extract from : « Manual of Surgery » by Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

Failure to resect may have been due to the great amount of work pressing upon the surgeons.
Extract from : « Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 » by Charles Augustus Fuller

Synonyms for resect

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