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resect (v.)

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

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Definitions of resect from WordNet

resect (v.)
surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ;
Synonyms: eviscerate
From wordnet.princeton.edu