verb
- present participle of exsect; to cut out or remove surgically, especially tissue or an organ
Usage: medical/surgical term; formal
Examples
- The surgeon is exsecting the tumor from the patient's abdomen.
- Exsecting the damaged tissue was necessary to prevent infection.
- The procedure involves exsecting the affected lymph nodes.
- Doctors are exsecting the lesion under local anesthesia.
- The team completed exsecting the diseased portion of the organ.