excision

Noun

Meaning

The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.

The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication.

The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cut excommunication deletion ablation extirpation deracination cutting out section tenderloin bris operation exception destruction decrease removal
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Antonyms

addition introduction entry presentation ticket inclusion
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Hypernyms

operation surgery pull pulling banishment redaction

Hyponyms

appendectomy laminectomy mastectomy hysterectomy lithotomy tonsillectomy

Phrases with the word

laryngeal excision nerve excision cold knife excision loop electrosurgical excision procedure bird excision genital excision

Examples

The inner connection between a positivism of numbers and quantities and one of human values and qualities is the excision of a critical distance and theory. Both surrender to different faces of reality-its facts or its ideology-and both stay clear and clean of antagonisms and contradictions. Russell Jacoby

Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation's heart, the excision of its memory. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors Source: Internet

both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause Source: Internet

“He required a femoral head and neck excision to relieve his pain and help restore acceptable function in the limb, a procedure which exceeded $3,000.” Source: Internet

Even when aggressive multimodality therapy consisting of radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and surgical excision is used, median survival is only 12–17 months. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

exciseman excisemanship excising finger excisional excisionase excisive