excision

From Middle French excision, from Latin excīsiō.

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsɪʒən/
• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

excision (countable and uncountable, plural excisions)

1. The removal of some text during editing.

   Synonym: deletion

   Coordinate terms: redaction, abridgment

2. (surgery) The removal of something (a tumor or body part) by cutting.

   Synonyms: resection, -ectomy

3. (genetics) The removal of a gene from a section of genetic material.
4. (topology) 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.

Inherited from Middle French excision, from Latin excīsiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.si.zjɔ̃/

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excision f (plural excisions)

1. excision

• “excision”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Latin excīsiō.

excision f (plural excisions)

1. excision; removal by cutting
   • 1549, Jean Tagault, Les institutions chirurgiques:

     Quand le patient refuse ayde et remedes necessaires a la curation de la maladie, laquelle de soy est incurable, comme excision d'ung chancre qui occupe quelque membre.

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• English: excision
• French: excision