English Explanatory Dictionary

excision

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ɪkˈsɪʒən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-excision.wav

Word forms

excision excisions

Etymology

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

Synonyms

deletion resection -ectomy

Derived words

autoexcision electroexcision excisional excisionase nonexcision postexcision reexcision

Translations

Arabic: اِسْتِئْصَال Bulgarian: изрязване Catalan: excisió Danish: bortskæring Dutch: excisie Finnish: pois leikkaus Finnish: poisto Finnish: poisleikkaus Indonesian: eksisi Portuguese: excisão Russian: выреза́ние Spanish: escisión
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