excision

[ek-sizh-uhn, ik-]

noun

1. the act of removal; an excising. excise.

2. Surgery.,  the surgical removal of a foreign body or of tissue.

3. excommunication.

Other Word Forms

• excisional adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of excision¹

1480–90; < Latin excīsiōn- (stem of excīsiō ) a cutting out. See excise ², -ion

Example Sentences

Four months after excision surgery for endometriosis, and a hysterectomy for adenomyosis, she was worried the bleeding was a sign of delayed complications.

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Because of the complexities of her case, Emily would need an endometriosis specialist to carry out the hysterectomy as it would also involve excision of the endometriosis.

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Glioblastomas, found in the brain's connective tissue, are notoriously aggressive and the general protocol for treating them - immediate excision then radiotherapy and chemotherapy - has changed little in two decades.

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The excision was finalized by Jacksonville’s former mayor, a Republican who once served as his party’s statewide chair.

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“Removing it from a living person is a method of imposing violent control and potentially leaving the living victim of such excision alive for all to see, a walking advertisement not to cross the powers-that-be.”

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