excision

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excision

/ɪkˈsɪʒən/

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Where it comes from

From Middle French excision, from Latin excīsiō(n).

noun excisions

countable, uncountable The removal of some text during editing.
Similar: deletion
countable, uncountable The removal of something (a tumor or body part) by cutting.
Similar: resection, -ectomy
countable, uncountable The removal of a gene from a section of genetic material.
countable, uncountable The fact that, under certain hypotheses, the homology of a space relative to a subspace is unchanged by the identification of a subspace of the latter to a point.

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noun removal of a tumor etc. but cutting

Español	escisión
Português	excisão
Русский	выреза́ние vyrezánije
العربية	اِسْتِئْصَال istiʔṣāl

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"excision." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/excision.

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@misc{excision_2026,
  title = {excision},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/excision},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}