Resected vs Dissected - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between resected and dissected

is that resected is (resect) while dissected is (dissect).

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(resect)

(en verb)

(surgery) To remove some part of an organ or structure by surgical means

The tumor was resected after chemotherapy.

*resectable *resectability *resection *resective *resector

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(dissect)

(en verb)

To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.

To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.

To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.

(transitive, anatomy, surgery) To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.

Now dissect the triceps away from its attachment on the humerus.

(pathology) Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.

* dissection

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