Letter R

Resect

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To remove.

Resect and excise are not synonymous.

Excise implies total removal whereas resect need not.

A surgeon may resect part or all of a tumor but if the surgeon excises the tumor, all of the tumor is removed.

From the Latin resectus, from resecare, meaning to trim, prune, cut back

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