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Definitions for: 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"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: ablation, cut, cutting out, deletion, deracination, excommunication, extirpation
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
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