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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun excision has 4 senses

• excision(n = noun.communication) cut, deletion - 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"
is a kind of editing, redaction
Derived form verb excise₁

• excision(n = noun.act) ablation, cutting out, extirpation - surgical removal of a body part or tissue; Array
has particulars: adenoidectomy, adrenalectomy, suprarenalectomy, appendectomy, appendicectomy, cholecystectomy, clitoridectomy, female circumcision, embolectomy, endarterectomy, enervation, hypophysectomy, hysterectomy, laminectomy, laryngectomy, lithotomy, lobectomy, lumpectomy, mastectomy, mastoidectomy, meniscectomy, nephrectomy, neurectomy, oophorectomy, ovariectomy, oophorosalpingectomy, ophthalmectomy, orchidectomy, orchiectomy, pancreatectomy, pneumonectomy, prostatectomy, salpingectomy, septectomy, sigmoidectomy, splenectomy, stapedectomy, sympathectomy, thrombectomy, thyroidectomy, tonsillectomy, vasectomy, vulvectomy
is a kind of operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
Derived form verb excise₃

• excision(n = noun.act) excommunication - the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society; Array
is a kind of banishment, proscription

• excision(n = noun.act) deracination, extirpation - the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence; Array
is a kind of pull, pulling

CIDE DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

excision

abscission, amputation, anastomotic operation, annihilation, avulsion, bloodless operation, butchering, capital operation, chopping, cleavage, compensating operation, corneal transplant, crescent operation, cutting, cutting out, deracination, destruction, dichotomy, disentanglement, drawing, drawing out, dredging, drilling, elective operation, elimination, emergency operation, enucleation, eradication, evolvement, evulsion, excavation, exclusion, exploratory operation, expression, exsection, extinction, extirpation, extraction, extrication, fenestration operation, fission, heart transplant, interval operation, kidney transplant, laceration, major operation, mining, minor operation, mutilation, operation, organ transplant, organ transplantation, palliative operation, pressing out, pulling, quarrying, radical operation, removal, rending, rescission, resection, ripping, ripping out, scission, section, severance, slashing, slicing, splitting, squeezing out, surgery, surgical intervention, surgical operation, surgical technique, tearing, the knife, transplant, unrooting, uprooting, withdrawal, wresting out

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excision

Subtraction

N nonaddition, subtraction, subtraction, subduction, deduction, retrenchment, removal, withdrawal, ablation, sublation, abstraction, garbling mutilation, detruncation, amputation, abscission, excision, recision, curtailment, minuend, subtrahend, decrease, abrasion, subtracted, subtractive, in deduction, less, short of, minus, without, except, except for, excepting, with the exception of, barring, save, exclusive of, save and except, with a reservation, not counting, if one doesn't count.

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