Exsect

[ek'sekt]

Definition

(v. t.) A cutting out or away.

(v. t.) The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out.

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Definition

v.t. to cut out.—n. Exsec′tion.

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