Definitions for resects

resects re·sect

Spelling: [ri-sekt]
IPA: /rɪˈsɛkt/

Resects is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 143 anagrams from letters in resects (ceersst).

Definitions for resects

verb (used with object)

  1. to do a resection on.

Origin of resects

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 resects

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.

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

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

Word Value for resects
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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