About The Word Excision

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Excision

Excision Meaning & Definition
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.

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