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Exsect

Exsect \Ex*sect"\, v. t. [L. exsectio.]

  1. A cutting out or away.
    --E. Darwin.

  2. (Surg.) The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out.

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exsect

vb. (context transitive English) To cut out or away; to remove by exsection.