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resect

[ri-sekt] / rɪˈsɛkt /


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So it’s safer to resect just one hemisphere.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025

He will have to identify what is tumour and what is normal tissue then resect - or cut - around it without taking tissue that would affect brain function.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2025

Awake surgeries to insert such devices or resect tumors can sometimes be paused briefly for an unrelated experiment.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 18, 2022

Evaluate the iterated integral by integrating first with respect to y and then integrating first with resect to x.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

In the case of the first dorsal nerve, it may be necessary temporarily to resect the clavicle.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis




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