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excision

[ ek-sizh-uh n, ik- ]
/ ɛkˈsɪʒ ən, ɪk- /
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noun

the act of removal; an excising.
Surgery. the surgical removal of a foreign body or of tissue.
excommunication.

RELATED WORDS

extirpation, cutting, removal, ablation, abscission

Nearby words

excircle, excisable, excise, excise tax, exciseman, excision, excision biopsy, excitability, excitable, excitable area, excitant

Origin of excision

1480–90; < Latin excīsiōn- (stem of excīsiō) a cutting out. See excise2, -ion
Related formsex·ci·sion·al, adjective
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Word Origin and History for excision

excision

n.

late 15c., from Middle French excision (14c.) and directly from Latin excisionem (nominative excisio), noun of action from past participle stem of excidere (see excise (v.)).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Medicine definitions for excision

excision

[ ĭk-sĭzh′ən ]

n.

Surgical removal by cutting, as of a tumor or a portion of a structure or organ.exsection
A recombination event in which a genetic element is removed.
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