Definition of "resects" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of resect. (verb)

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• "_ -- In spastic paraplegia, for example, Jones resects the origins of the adductors longus and brevis, lengthens the tendo Achillis, divides the popliteal fascia and hamstrings, and transplants the biceps into the quadriceps; after which the limbs are put up in the attitude of wide abduction for six weeks."
• "Jones resects an inch of each of the peroneal tendons about 2-1/2 inches above the tip of the lateral malleolus; Armour and Dunn claim to have obtained better results from crushing the peroneal nerve in the substance of the peroneus longus."
• "The body actually resects the cells one by one and carts them away via normal processes."