RESECT

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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.