Dictionary

excision en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪkˈsɪʒən/
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The removal of some text during editing.
2. (countable, uncountable) The removal of something (a tumor or body part) by cutting.
3. (countable, uncountable) The removal of a gene from a section of genetic material.
4. (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.

Forms

Coordinates

abridgment · redaction

Deriveds

postexcision · excisionase · nonexcision · autoexcision · excisional · reexcision · electroexcision

Synonyms

resection · deletion · -ectomy

Translations (12)

bg изрязване (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting) · pt excisão (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting) · nl excisie (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting) · ru выреза́ние (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting) · da bortskæring (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting) · ca excisió (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting) · fi pois leikkaus (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting) · fi poisto (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting) · id eksisi (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting) · ar اِسْتِئْصَال (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting) · fi poisleikkaus (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting) · es escisión (removal of a tumor etc. but cutting)