Resect [verb]

Definition of Resect:

remove, delete

Synonyms of Resect:

● Expunge

● Edit

● Exterminate

● Stamp out

● Black out

● Cut out

● Eradicate

● Trim

● Cut

● Gut

● Elide

● Launder

● Erase

● Extirpate

● Slash

● Amputate

● Strike

● Destroy

● Extract

● Cut off

● Cut up

● Knock off

● Wipe out

● Cross out

● X out

● Blot out

● Blue pencil

● Exscind

● Exsect

● Lop off

● Scissor out

● Scratch out


Opposite/Antonyms of Resect:

● Put in

● Lose

● Add

● Bear

● Insert

● Create


Sentence/Example of Resect:

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

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.

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