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excision |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Excision \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: excision n : surgical removal of a body part or tissue [syn: {ablation}, {extirpation}, {cutting out}]
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