resected
UK[rɪˈsɛktɪd]US[rɪˈsɛktɪd]
adj
Describing tissue or a part that has been surgically cut out or removed.
verb (past tense, past participle)
To have surgically removed a part, especially of an organ or tissue.
Morpheme Breakdown
re
sect
ed
re
again/back
sect
cut
ed
adjective/verb suffix
Etymology
The word "resected" is built upon the Latin verb secare, meaning "to cut," which itself derives from the Proto-Indo-European root sek-, also meaning "to cut." The prefix re-, meaning "back" or "again," was added to form the Latin verb resecare, "to cut back" or "cut off." In medical terminology, this literal sense of cutting back or cutting away was adopted to describe the surgical removal of tissue or an organ part. The suffix -ed then adapts it into its common English forms, indicating either the past action or the resultant state of having been surgically excised.
Analysis
Structure: re (again/back) + sect (cut) + ed (adjective/verb suffix)
re: Latin origin, a prefix meaning "again" or "back."
sect: Latin origin (from secare, "to cut"), acting as the root verb meaning "to cut."
ed: Old English origin, a suffix used to form the past tense and past participle of verbs, or adjectives from verbs.
Examples
The surgeon successfully removed the tumor from the resected portion of the colon.
Pathologists will examine the resected tissue under a microscope.
After the diseased segment was resected, the healthy ends of the intestine were reconnected.