excision

American  

[ek-sizh-uhn, ik-] / ɛkˈsɪʒ ən, ɪk- /

noun

1. the act of removal; an excising.

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

3. excommunication.

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Other Word Forms

• excisional adjective

Etymology

Origin of excision

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

Example Sentences

These included a mastectomy and lymph node procedure performed in 28 minutes, and an excision of benign thickened breast tissue in 10 minutes, "which the review team considered to have been unnecessary".

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

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

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023

But with proper treatment, with the proper excision, there's a way to manage it.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2023

The court’s excision of sensitive places is broad and deep.

From Slate • Oct. 7, 2022

We have here an interesting case of tumour of the parotid, originally cartilaginous but now assuming malignant characteristics, and therefore requiring excision.

From The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure by Doyle, A. Conan