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resectable

resectable

1 6.7
Can be removed by surgery
  • adjective
  • /rɪˈsɛktəbl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : resecable
  • The doctor explained that the tumor was resectable, meaning it could be removed through surgery.
  • a resectable tumor

Examples

  • Screening can identify patients with resectable malignancies, but the program is expensive and has not been proven to influence survival.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Few patients have resectable lesions; less than 20% survive the first year, and only 3% are alive after five years.

    Academic text (1992)

  • When such tumors are not resectable, management with radiotherapy, hormonal

    Academic text (2001)

  • Symptomatic patients, of course, have more advanced disease, and a more aggressive surgical approach is necessary for tumors that are grossly resectable.

    Academic text (2004)

  • When a tumor is not resectable, other therapies are available, including irradiation, hormonal therapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Kaplan-Meier analysis of a small series indicates that prognosis may not be dismal if both tumors are resectable and the tumor stage is I or II.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Patients with resectable cancers often have a better chance of recovery after surgery.

  • Surgery was recommended because the lesion appeared to be resectable during the examination.

Synonyms

removable
vsresectable
20 3.3

Something you can take off or move to another place

refers specifically to being taken out by surgical operation
operable
vsresectable
  • Specialized
2 5.6

Doctors can treat or remove the disease with surgery

is limited to being removed by surgical operation

How Operable

operable
  • Specialized
2 5.6
resectable
  • Specialized
1 6.7
inoperable
  • Specialized
14 7.3

Surface Forms

resectable positive

Morphology

resectable = resect (transparent) = resect + able

Formed by adding the adjectival suffix '-able' to the verb 'resect', yielding 'able to be removed by surgical operation', a direct and regular derivation.

Etymology

Resectable comes from re- meaning 'back' or 'again' and sect meaning 'to cut', the same root as in section ('a cut' or part). So resectable means 'able to be cut out', which is why doctors use it for a growth that can be removed by surgery.