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resect

[ri-sekt] / rɪˈsɛkt /


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A diagnostic procedure to ensure the surgeons don’t resect the wrong hippocampus when considering surgery for patients with epilepsy is something most of us would consider an extremely good reason.

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

Treatment.—When the cause of the fixation is in the joint itself, the best treatment is to resect one or both condyles.

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


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