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Excision

Excision Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Excision? [n] the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence [n] the act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the Church; cutting a person off from a religious society [n] surgical removal of a body part or tissue [n] the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Excision: ablation \| cut \| cutting out \| deletion \| deracination \| excommunication \| extirpation Related Terms \| Find terms related to Excision: abscission \| amputation \| anastomotic operation \| annihilation \| avulsion \| bloodless operation \| butchering \| capital operation \| chopping \| cleavage \| compensating operation \| corneal transplant \| crescent operation \| cutting \| cutting out \| deracination \| destruction \| dichotomy \| disentanglement \| drawing \| drawing out \| dredging \| drilling \| elective operation \| elimination \| emergency operation \| enucleation \| eradication \| evolvement \| evulsion \| excavation \| exclusion \| exploratory operation \| expression \| exsection \| extinction \| extirpation \| extraction \| extrication \| fenestration operation \| fission \| heart transplant \| interval operation \| kidney transplant \| laceration \| major operation \| mining \| minor operation \| mutilation \| operation \| organ transplant \| organ transplantation \| palliative operation \| pressing out \| pulling \| quarrying \| radical operation \| removal \| rending \| rescission \| resection \| ripping \| ripping out \| scission \| section \| severance \| slashing \| slicing \| splitting \| squeezing out \| surgery \| surgical intervention \| surgical operation \| surgical technique \| tearing \| the knife \| transplant \| unrooting \| uprooting \| withdrawal \| wresting out See Also \| adenoidectomy \| adrenalectomy \| appendectomy \| appendicectomy \| banishment \| cholecystectomy \| editing \| embolectomy \| ennervation \| hypophysectomy \| hysterectomy \| laminectomy \| laryngectomy \| lithotomy \| lobectomy \| lumpectomy \| mastectomy \| mastoidectomy \| meniscectomy \| nephrectomy \| neurectomy \| oophorectomy \| oophorosalpingectomy \| operation \| ophthalmectomy \| orchidectomy \| orchiectomy \| ovariectomy \| pancreatectomy \| pneumonectomy \| proscription \| prostatectomy \| pull \| pulling \| redaction \| salpingectomy \| sigmoidectomy \| splenectomy \| stapedectomy \| suprarenalectomy \| surgery \| surgical operation \| surgical procedure \| surgical process \| sympathectomy \| thrombectomy \| thyroidectomy \| tonsillectomy \| vasectomy \| vulvectomy Excision In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*ci"sion\, n. [L. excisio: cf. F. excision. See {Excide}.] 1. The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction. Such conquerors are the instruments of vengeance on those nations that have . . . grown ripe for excision. --Atterbury. 2. (Eccl.) The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication. 3. (Surg.) The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument. --Dunglison.

Excision Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Excision?

[n] the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
[n] the act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the Church; cutting a person off from a religious society
[n] surgical removal of a body part or tissue
[n] the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause"

Excision In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex*ci"sion\, n. [L. excisio: cf. F. excision. See
{Excide}.]
1. The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation;
   destruction.

         Such conquerors are the instruments of vengeance on
         those nations that have . . . grown ripe for
         excision.                             --Atterbury.

2. (Eccl.) The act of cutting off from the church;
   excommunication.

3. (Surg.) The removal, especially of small parts, with a
   cutting instrument. --Dunglison.

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