resect
verb /rɪˈsekt/
/rɪˈsekt/
(medical)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they resect | /rɪˈsekt/ /rɪˈsekt/ |
| he / she / it resects | /rɪˈsekts/ /rɪˈsekts/ |
| past simple resected | /rɪˈsektɪd/ /rɪˈsektɪd/ |
| past participle resected | /rɪˈsektɪd/ /rɪˈsektɪd/ |
| -ing form resecting | /rɪˈsektɪŋ/ /rɪˈsektɪŋ/ |
- resect something to cut out part of an organ or a piece of tissue from the bodyWord Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘remove, cut away’): from Latin resect- ‘cut off’, from the verb resecare, from re- ‘back’ + secare ‘to cut’.