resect

Questions about resect

What does resect mean?

resect means "surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ".

How many syllables are in resect?

resect has 2 syllables: re-sect. The stress falls on "sect".

What is another word for resect?

Close synonyms include eviscerate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is resect a common word?

resect is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.