verb
- surgically removing part or all of an organ or tissue
Usage: medical
Examples
- The surgeon is resecting the damaged portion of the patient’s lung.
- After resecting the tumor, the doctor examined the surrounding tissue.
- The medical team spent three hours resecting the infected bowel segment.
- Resecting part of the liver can help treat certain types of cancer.
- The procedure involves resecting the diseased kidney completely.
- Before resecting any tissue, the surgeon must carefully plan the operation.