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Resect vs Cutoff - What's the difference?

resect | cutoff |

As a verb resect

is (surgery) to remove some part of an organ or structure by surgical means.

As a noun cutoff is

the point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.

resect

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (surgery) To remove some part of an organ or structure by surgical means
    • The tumor was resected after chemotherapy.

    Derived terms

    *resectable *resectability *resection *resective *resector

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    cutoff

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cut-off

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
  • A road, path of channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut.
  • A device that stops the flow of a current.
  • A cessation in a flow or activity.
  • (poker) The player who acts directly before the player on the preflop in Texas hold 'em.
  • (chiefly, in the plural) shorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers

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