切除

• Pinyin: qiē chú
• Hanzi breakdown: 切 = 七 + 刀 (knife cutting — to cut); 除 = 阝(mound radical) + 余 (to remove from, to eliminate)

Meaning

To excise; to surgically remove a diseased organ, tumour, or tissue by cutting.

Primarily a medical and surgical term. Used to describe the removal of a specific part of the body during surgery, such as a tumour, appendix, or damaged organ. More precise and clinical than 切掉 (to cut off), and almost always used in a medical context. Common in medical reports, hospital communications, and health journalism.

Examples

1. 外科医生成功切除了患者右肺的肿瘤，手术历时近五小时，患者术后情况稳定。 The surgeon successfully removed the tumor from the patient’s right lung; the operation lasted nearly five hours, and the patient’s post-op condition is stable.
2. 医生建议及早切除良性肿瘤，以防止其继续增大并压迫周围组织。 The doctor recommended removing the benign tumor early to prevent it from continuing to grow and compress nearby tissue.
3. 阑尾炎急性发作后，他被紧急送往医院进行阑尾切除手术。 After an acute appendicitis flare-up, he was rushed to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy.

Usage Guide

Context: medicine, surgery, health

Tone: neutral

Do Say

• 影像学检查显示肿块边界清晰、尚未扩散，主治医师建议尽早安排手术，在全身麻醉下完整切除，以降低复发风险。(Imaging examination showed the mass had clear margins and had not yet spread; the attending physician recommended arranging surgery as soon as possible to excise it completely under general anaesthesia in order to reduce the risk of recurrence.)
• 患者此前因慢性胆囊炎反复发作，经多学科会诊后决定切除胆囊，手术顺利完成，患者已于术后第三天出院。(The patient had previously suffered repeated episodes of chronic cholecystitis; after a multidisciplinary consultation it was decided to remove the gallbladder — the operation was completed successfully and the patient was discharged on the third day after surgery.)

Don't Say

• 他切除了预算中的浪费项目 — 切除 is strictly medical; for eliminating items from a plan or budget use 削减 (cut back) or 删除 (delete/remove)

Origin & History

切 (to cut) + 除 (to remove/eliminate) — to cut out and eliminate

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal