Resected

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The surgical procedure involves cutting away a specific portion of body tissue or organs, indicating both the act of excision and the removal of that anatomical part
2. This term refers to the method whereby a defined segment of tissue or an organ is surgically eliminated, emphasizing the technique of removal and excision
3. The process entails the surgical excision of a particular section of tissue or organ, which highlights both the action of removing and the targeted anatomical area affected

Etymology: "Resected" is the past tense and past participle of "resect," which is a surgical verb meaning to cut out part of an organ or tissue. The verb was borrowed from Latin "resectus," the past participle of "resecare," meaning "to cut off." That Latin verb combined "re-," meaning "back" or "off," with "secare," meaning "to cut." The same "secare" root sits behind a whole family of English words. "Section," "dissect," "insect," and "sector" all trace back to it. "Insect" is a good example: it came from Latin "insectum," a translation of a Greek term meaning "notched" or "cut into," describing the segmented bodies of these creatures. "Dissect" shares the same Latin base, but with "dis-" meaning "apart," so it literally means to cut apart.

Synonyms: excised, removed, cut out, surgically removed