resected
Cut out surgically
Resected is the past tense of resect, a surgical term meaning to cut out or remove tissue or part of an organ: The tumor was successfully resected.
The word appears almost exclusively in medical contexts, describing procedures where diseased or damaged tissue is excised while preserving surrounding healthy tissue.
Cutting out of tissue
- tumorAbnormal tissue mass
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- lesionArea of pathological change
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
biopsy · specimen · margins · debulking · laparotomy · colectomy · gastrectomy · mastectomy
Abnormal tissue mass
- malignancyCancerous, invasive growth
- carcinomaEpithelial malignant tumor
- adenomaBenign epithelial tumor
- sarcomaConnective tissue cancer
neoplasm · metastasis · cancerous · benign · polyp · cyst · mass · growth
Edges of a page
- cleanFree of soil
- completeLacking nothing, fully done
- partialFavoring one side
- subtotalSum before final additions
meticulous · dexterity · skillful · accuracy · careful · delicate · hemostasis · visualization
Restoration of health
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- recuperationGradual return to health
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- postoperativeAfter an operation
aftercare · scarring · anastomosis · reconstruction · physiotherapy · follow-up · monitoring · prognosis
excision
Cutting out of tissue
scalpel · biopsy · specimen · margins · debulking · laparotomy · colectomy · gastrectomy · mastectomy · lobectomy
tumor
Abnormal tissue mass
- malignancyCancerous, invasive growth
- carcinomaEpithelial malignant tumor
- adenomaBenign epithelial tumor
sarcoma · neoplasm · metastasis · cancerous · benign · polyp · cyst · mass · growth · margins
margins
Edges of a page
subtotal · meticulous · dexterity · skillful · accuracy · careful · delicate · hemostasis · visualization · magnification
healing
Restoration of health
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- recuperationGradual return to health
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
postoperative · aftercare · scarring · anastomosis · reconstruction · physiotherapy · follow-up · monitoring · prognosis · function