Definitions for resect

resect re·sect

Spelling: [ri-sekt]
IPA: /rɪˈsɛkt/

Resect is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 109 anagrams from letters in resect (ceerst).

Definitions for resect

verb (used with object)

  1. to do a resection on.

Origin of resect

1535-45; Latin resectus past participle of resecāre to cut back, sever at the base, equivalent to re- re- + sec(āre) to cut + -tus past participle suffix

Examples for resect

Failure to resect may have been due to the great amount of work pressing upon the surgeons.

In severe cases it may be necessary to resect a portion of the tarsus.

Another method is to resect the handle of the malleus (Fig. 195).

In the case of the first dorsal nerve, it may be necessary temporarily to resect the clavicle.

Word Value for resect
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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