excision
Americannoun
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excisions
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the act of removal; an excising.
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Surgery. the surgical removal of a foreign body or of tissue.
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Etymology
Origin of excision
1480–90; < Latin excīsiōn- (stem of excīsiō ) a cutting out. See excise 2, -ion
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It’s right there in the medical books, along with Belsey fundoplication, Heineke-Mikulicz pyloroplasty and Keller’s excision arthroplasty: Tommy John surgery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Some of the approaches used in RRM — such as fertility awareness, endometriosis excision, or management of polycystic ovary syndrome — can improve fertility for some patients.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
The hearing was shown a pathology report which said the tumour reached the excision margin, with Paterson asked: “Does it indicate the tumour hadn’t been completely removed?”
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2024
His requests were initially denied until he underwent an excision for the lesion in September 2019, when the growth was diagnosed as cancer.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2023
It is the general use of the excision treatment, however, that has reduced the death-rate so wonderfully.
From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Howard Willoughby
With some judicious excisions of aria sections, the opera ran 2 1/2 hours with one intermission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
These little excisions from reality - or "perpetuity edits," a kind of George Orwell speak - see them remove from the world anything they don't like.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025
Where it stumbles comes in some of the excisions and rearranging it makes in its final act.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2022
But there are telling emphases in these shows and equally telling excisions.
From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2021
There are first draughts with excisions of whole half pages, for he sought conciseness.
From James B. Eads by Louis How
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