Definition of Resect. Meaning of Resect. Synonyms of Resect

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Definition of Resect

Resect
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.

Meaning of Resect from wikipedia

- the underlying eye muscles, tightening the supporting structures, and resecting and re-draping the excess fat of the retroseptal area of the eye, in order...
- (chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy) to decrease the size of the tumour and then to resect the tumour to increase chances of survival. For unresectable tumours, an...
- determine their place of origin, sound ranging detecting guns firing and resecting their position from pairs of microphones or cross-observation of gun flashes...
- in order to establish hemostatis (stopped blood-flow), and the surgeon resects the tissues, and then sutures the cut labium minus or labia minora. This...
- the surgeon cannot successfully reduce it, or the bowel is damaged, they resect the affected section. More often, the intussusception can be reduced by...
- reduction plasty: reducing the facial width by performing osteotomy and resecting part of the zygomatic bone and arch Jaw reduction: reduction of the mandible...
- cause of the hematometra; for example, a hysteroscopy may be required to resect adhesions that have developed following a previous surgery. If the cause...
- submucosal dissection is a similar technique pioneered in ****an, used to resect a large area of mucosa in one piece. If the pathologic examination of the...
- structures of the brain that correspond with important brain functions while resecting the tumor at the same time. Preoperative fMRI is important because it...
- may require decompression surgery on the nerve or, as a last resort, to resect the nerve. The latter treatment leaves permanent numbness in the area.[citation...