resect

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“That is why … it has become customary to be careful not to resect the wrong hippocampus, because simply, there’s no second attempt,” Mormann explained.

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

The treatment consists in excising the duct and the connections, and it is usually necessary to resect the central portion of the hyoid bone to ensure complete removal.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander