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Surgically excise
Answer for the clue "Surgically excise ", 6 letters:
resect
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Word definitions for resect in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (context surgery English) To remove some part of an organ or structure by surgical means
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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 .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Resect \Re*sect"\ (r?-s?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resected ;p. pr. & vb. n. Resecting .] [L. resectus, p. p. of resecare to cut off; pref. re- re- + secare to cut.] To cut or pare off; to remove by cutting.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ [syn: eviscerate ]
Usage examples of resect.
Maura moved on to the peritoneal cavity, gloved hands reaching into the abdomen to resect stomach and pancreas and liver.
Maxie Neville wanted to be the first man to resect the aortic arch, the big artery just north of the heart where blood starts its journey to every nook and cranny of the body.
Some kids claimed the hospital was where they injected salt into your cheeks, or resected your tongue, or Botoxed the new facial muscles that made your expressions so compelling.
Their headlights shone on the back of his neck, and the glare of resected light winked in the rippling shadows thrown by the flapping skirt of his trailing coat.
Cynthia McPhillips's face filled the small viewer over Uhura's communications console, resecting the austerity of someone accustomed to stress.
The medtech remotes labored heroically, resecting an intestine perforated in eleven places, removing her spleen, repairing massive penetrations of her liver and lung, fighting to save a leg that had been brutally abused even after the hit that shattered it.