resect

Betekenis (Engels)

To remove (some part of an organ or structure) by surgical means.

Synoniemen

eviscerate

cross

cut

cut away

cut back

cut out

edit

edit out

excise

fix

jab

mow

nip off

pare

pierce

pinch

reduce

retrench

scissor

sever

shear

slice

slit

snip

spay

stab

tease

pare down

traverse

trim

cut to

operate on

slice up

carve

snip off

Etymologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Latin resectus, past participle of resecare (“to cut off”), formed in turn from re- + secare (“to cut”).