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excision

American

[ek-sizh-uhn, ik-] / ɛkˈsɪʒ ən, ɪk- /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

excisional

adjective

Etymology

Origin of excision

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

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