Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

circumsect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cir-cum-sect
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cut around the circumference (of some part of an organ or structure).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The eye is circumsected near the margin of the iris, exposing the lens in the cup formed by the anterior half of the eye."
"If the stimulated cortical zone is circumsected so that most of the pathways available for intracortical elaboration of the excitation are severed, conditioned reflexes still occur to the cortical conditional stimulus."
"Finally, a special knife which can be rotated after insertion into the brain to circumsect a specific region completely has been devised and used with great advantage to disjoin the hypothalamus from the brain stem."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circumsectus perfect passive participle of circumsecō (“to cut around”), from circum- (“around”) + secare (“to cut”).

Word Breakdown

Root: *sek-

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

circumsects (present, singular) circumsecting (participle, present) circumsected (participle, past) circumsected (past)

Derived Forms

circumsection

Questions

What does circumsect mean?: To cut around the circumference (of some part of an organ or structure).
Where does circumsect come from?: Borrowed from Latin circumsectus perfect passive participle of circumsecō (“to cut around”), from circum- (“around”) + secare (“to cut”).

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