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Definition of Resectable
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Resectable
1. Capable of being removed by surgery (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Resectable
Literary usage of Resectable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"... ultrasonography, can detect some tumors in the head of the pancreas, where
cancers are more resectable.' Although ultrasound has a reported sensitivity ..."
2. Digestive Diseases of the U. S.: Epidemiology and Impact edited by James E. Everhart (1994)
"A potentially resectable tumor requires that at least one uninvolved lobe of the
liver be left intact.3 The differential diagnosis in developing countries ..."
3. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U. S. Preventive by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"High dose, external beam and intraoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of
resectable and unresectable pancreatic cancer. Int J Radiol Oncol Biol Phys ..."
4. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1881)
"... when I found my name was in the ticket I urged my friends to withdraw it and
to put some resectable old settler in my place perhaps this excited their ..."
5. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... in London after eating a couple of mutton-chops? Do not resectable gentlemen
fall asleep in their arm-chairs ? Arc they fit for mental labour ? ..."
6. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Four of the five bronchogenic carcinomas appeared to be surgically resectable.
Cancer patients were significantly older, had smoked within the last five ..."
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